Power Games: Why Winners Win and Losers Lose by Gerald Alper (English) Paperback

Description: Power Games by Gerald Alper Exploration of psychodynamic strategies unconsciously enacted to spare imagined pain and frustration of authentic encounters. Everyone is forced at moments of frailty or interpersonal indecisiveness to play power games, and certainly culture at large pervasively sponsors enactment. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Power Games is a brilliant exploration of the psychodynamic strategies unconsciously enacted to spare the person the imagined pain and frustration of an authentic encounter. Although such strategic power operations can be characterological, they do not have to be: all people, even those rare individuals who are capable of ongoing intimacy, are forced at moments of fraility or interpersonal indecisiveness to play power games, and certainly the culture at large pervasively sponsors the enactment of opportunistic interpersonal strategies. In this new book, Gerald Alper, whose Portrait of the Artist as a Young Patientwas called by the New England Review of Books "one of the most important modern studies of the psyche of the creative personality that we have," continues his profound examination of the obstacles that stand in the path of the true intimacy. Table of Contents Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Zero-Sum Relating Chapter 3 Who Wins, Who Loses Chapter 4 When Therapy Becomes a Power Struggle Chapter 5 Conclusion; References; Index Review Gerald Alper never writes dull books. A novelist and short story writer turned psychotherapist, he has one of the more creative analytic minds of his generation. -- Jerome David Levin, Faculty Supervisor, Post-Graduate Center for Mental Health, New York Just as theoreticians have sought a Unified Field Theory in physics, Alper is chipping away at his own Unified Theory on the nature of personality and the growth-promoting factors of psychotherapy. -- Carol Stark, MD, Alpers books represent a crowning contribution to the psychology of creativity in psychotherapy. -- Erwin Randolph Parson, Editor, Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy Long Description Power Games is a brilliant exploration of the psychodynamic strategies unconsciously enacted to spare the person the imagined pain and frustration of an authentic encounter. Although such strategic power operations can be characterological, they do not have to be: all people, even those rare individuals who are capable of ongoing intimacy, are forced at moments of fraility or interpersonal indecisiveness to play power games, and certainly the culture at large pervasively sponsors the enactment of opportunistic interpersonal strategies. In this new book, Gerald Alper, whose Portrait of the Artist as a Young Patientwas called by the New England Review of Books "one of the most important modern studies of the psyche of the creative personality that we have," continues his profound examination of the obstacles that stand in the path of the true intimacy. Review Quote Just as theoreticians have sought a Unified Field Theory in physics, Alper is chipping away at his own Unified Theory on the nature of personality and the growth-promoting factors of psychotherapy. Details ISBN1573093971 Author Gerald Alper Pages 153 Year 1999 ISBN-10 1573093971 ISBN-13 9781573093972 Format Paperback Imprint International Scholars Publications,U.S. Subtitle Why Winners Win and Losers Lose Country of Publication United States DEWEY 813.52 Illustrations bibliography, index Short Title POWER GAMES Language English Media Book Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Place of Publication Lanham DOI 10.1604/9781573093972 Publication Date 1999-04-20 AU Release Date 1999-04-20 NZ Release Date 1999-04-20 US Release Date 1999-04-20 UK Release Date 1999-04-20 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:32493614;

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