Love and Its Disappointment: The Meaning of Life, Therapy and Art [Paperback]

David Brazier (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 16, 2009

In Love and Its disappointment, which is rooted in common knowledge, David Brazier advances in clear and specific terms a radical and practical theory of human functioning, exploring the relationships between beauty and love, frustration and creativity, perception and healing.

Editorial Reviews

Review

His overall thesis that we are motivated by love, the inherent irony of existence - that as loving beings we are inevitably thwarted, and how we manage that - and how art and therapy can help us think about them, process them, inform us and occasionally heal us finds a way of saying what I have felt, in a much more incoherent way, for a long time. (Julia Samuel Metanoia Institute Tutor, Honorary Fellow of Imperial College) This time he takes on the interpersonal "dance" we call "relationship" offers new insights that seminal thinker Carl Rogers might have offered himself if he were alive today to extend his theory to meet the modern momentum of psychotherapy. (Robert Wicks Author of Riding the Dragon and The Resilient also Professor, Loyola University Maryland)

About the Author

David Brazier, broke new ground in psychotherapy with Beyond Carl Rogers and then Zen Therapy. He and his wife Caroline have continued to challenge orthodoxy and develop new effective modes of work. This book showcases the core philosophy of their method, now called the Other Centred Approach. David lives in Leicestershire, UK.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: O Books (September 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1846942098
• ISBN-13: 978-1846942099
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,631,744 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)