Beyond Psychology: An Introduction to Metapsychology
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And there is much of value in the book. The second part of the book discusses Basic Disabilities, and the third and final section is about Applied Metapsychology.
These solutions are, of course, the purpose of the book. Gerbode goes on to describe how pain, suffering, and aberration distortions of thought affect a person, how people will repress pain and past events, and what to me was perhaps the most interesting point in the book, the idea of cycles in our lives and the need to complete them, a cycle being anything from time spent attending college to time devoted to reading a book, etc.
Whenever we do not complete a cycle it causes some form of discomfort for us because it is unresolved. We then either need to complete the cycle or make our peace with it not being completed, such as deciding that reading the rest of a book is not something of value to us. A viewing session is one in which a person examines his world to gain insight and ability by undoing the effects of repression. Gerbode goes into detail about how to facilitate such sessions so a person will feel safe; he also explains what not to do so the sense of safety is not violated, thereby undoing the chance for success.
In addition, the end of the book contains glossaries and appendices for additional information and clarification as well as a curriculum for the processes.
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Metapsychology, I have no doubt, is a very useful technique to help people enhance their lives and work through and get over what they have repressed in their lives that is holding them back. I especially appreciated that Gerbode rejects the myth that pain and suffering enhance knowledge and awareness or even are helpful to creativity. The truth is that overcoming these issues leads people to greater happiness, spiritual awareness, and an ability to thrive in the world.
Failure to do so only leads to a stagnant and unhappy life. Gerbode avoids medical and academic jargon and believes anyone can benefit from metapsychology or help others benefit from it, which is best achieved by attending a 4-day workshop with optional follow-up supervision. While I have read other books on metapsychology that were easier to read, this book could be viewed as the Bible on metapsychology in terms of its information, although Gerbode might not like the comparison, not believing there are any hard rules or definitions for this technique but hoping that others will find any flaws in it and build on his work for the wellbeing of all who use it.
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Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. It picks up where psychology, as the science of behavior, leaves off. Hence the name "meta-psychology" has the correct connotation of being a study that goes "beyond" psychology -- beyond the study of behavior to the study of that which behaves -- the person himself -- and the person's perceptual, conceptual, and creative activity, as distinguished from the actions of his body.
In this sense, "metapsychology" restores the original meaning of "psychology" as "the study of the psyche, or spirit", and the applications of metapsychology reflect the perennial common goal of therapies, religions, and traditional philosophies, whether one calls this goal the attainment of sanity, of enlightenment, of happiness, of wisdom, or of salvation. Throughout this book, I will be constantly consulting experiences that I believe we all have in common, as the basis for the points I am going to make.
By consulting his own experience, the reader can verify or falsify for himself each of these points. I have assisted this process by including occasional brief exercises. These exercises will greatly enhance the reader's understanding and will allow each reader to verify for himself the points made in the book. My only claim for acceptance of the ideas I am presenting is the assumption that different people have a great deal in common in what they experience and the way in which they experience it.
This interpersonal commonality of experience is the fundamental truth that the metapsychological approach provides. It took me many years of thinking and exploring a variety of different fields to arrive, eventually, at the conviction that this approach was best. Along the way, many different people and schools of thought have influenced my thinking. I turned to psychiatry in the belief that psychiatrists must have a practical knowledge of life.
After all, were they not daily involved in helping people solve their problems? For some reason, perhaps because my father was a physician, it never occurred to me to become a psychologist. James Kleeman, a man whose personal characteristics, warmth, and ability to create a safe and therapeutic environment set a standard that has stayed with me ever since.
I am sure I have incorporated many elements of his manner into my own style of helping. At least I hope I have.
They showed me that a very unorthodox way of helping people could be quite effective. During this time, I was profoundly disturbed by the work of Truex, Carkhuff, and others, who showed that the effectiveness of many current psychological approaches was by no means established. I had also observed a lack of agreement amongst my teachers and colleagues with respect to diagnosis, prognosis, and recommended modes of therapy. In fact, there was no widely agreed-upon science or method in psychology.
Each practitioner ultimately had to make up her own mind about what to do with each individual case. I was disheartened to find that the practical, predictable method for helping people I had hoped to find in psychiatry was not there.
Beyond Psychology : An Introduction to Metapsychology by Frank A. Gerbode (2012, Hardcover)
Also, having read several of Thomas Szasz's brilliant books, I became profoundly uneasy with the idea that helping someone to become happier had to be a medical or quasi-medical "therapeutic" action. Therefore, while completing the last two years of my residency, I began to look outside of the more traditional schools of psychology and psychiatry. This book is organized in three parts. Part One deals with the basic philosophical underpinnings and theory of metapsychology, Part Two provides a useful categorization of the the various disabilities or undesired conditions that may arise in a person's life, and Part Three presents a theory of personal enhancement and some examples of the very effective techniques currently used by practitioners of applied metapsychology.
The viewpoint I am consistently trying to take in this book is that of the world as seen by an individual person at a particular time. If you find yourself outraged by something I am saying, before throwing the book down in disgust, try checking to see if, in the situation being described, you would experience the world that way and, if so, realize that that's what I am talking about. I encourage the reader to check each of my points against her own personal experience.
The goal of metapsychology is to describe universal characteristics of experience, so what I have to say should either ring true when compared to carefully observed personal experience or stand disproved by that experience. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Refresh and try again.
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