{"product_id":"self-agency-in-psychotherapy-attachment-autonomy-and-intimacy-9780393705591","title":"Self-Agency in Psychotherapy: Attachment, Autonomy, and Intimacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor each of us, our thoughts, beliefs, desires, expectations, and fantasies constitute our own sense of a unique identity. Here, Jungian and relational psychoanalyst Jean Knox argues that this experience of self-agency is always at the heart of psychological growth and development, and it follows a developmental trajectory that she examines in detail, from the realm of bodily action and reaction in the first few months of life, through the emergence of different levels of agency, to the mature expression of agency in language and metaphor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnox makes the case that the achievement of a secure sense of self-agency lies at the heart of any successful psychotherapy, and argues for an updated psychoanalytic therapy rooted in a developmental and intersubjective approach. Drawing on a range of therapeutic disciplines--including interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory, and developmental research--she proposes an integrated and flexible clinical approach that is based on the actual interpersonal agency of analyst and patient, rather than any one specific theory about the human unconscious being imposed on the patient by the analyst's interpretations. Detailed clinical examples explore this approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology, \u003cem\u003eSelf-Agency in Psychotherapy\u003c\/em\u003e deftly balances theory and practice, offering practical applications for groundbreaking research on self-agency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Knox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393705591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnox, Jean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJean Knox\u003c\/strong\u003e is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in private practice in Oxford, England. She is Senior Member and Training Therapist of the British Association of Psychotherapists, a Training Analyst of the Society of Analytical Psychology, Consultant Editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Analytical Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Kent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43211446550643,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":110.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_85c9218f-c5d7-46ad-a6c2-b968e6845584.jpg?v=1753185095","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/self-agency-in-psychotherapy-attachment-autonomy-and-intimacy-9780393705591","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}