In this book Dr. Mahrer writes;

"... the origin of a person lies largely in the parents who create and give meaning to the infant-child."

 "... one way the parent can do this is by creating, seeing, describing, fashioning the infant into being a particular way so that the parent can undergo an experiencing it is important  for the parent to undergo. If the baby is like this, the parent can feel like that."

"A mother is constructing, creating, and building the infant when she describes her infant, when she thinks of her infant and when she talks about her infant..... In any case, in the experiential view, a mother's description goes a long way in constructing her baby, whether or not they are accurate, realistic or unrealistic."

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

A Preface To The Reader

A Case That We know Very Little About The Origin Of A Person 

How Can Philosophy Of Science Be Of Help In Studying The Origin Of A Person? 

Some Pioneering Ideas Preceded The Experiential Picture Of The Origin of A Person

Why Study The Origin Of A Person

The Experiential Picture Of The Origin Of A Person

After The Origin of A Person, What Changes Ordinarily Occur Over the Course Of Life?

Some Final Words To The Reader

References

    Alvin R. Mahrer Ph.D, is the author of 22 books and approximately 250 other publications on psychotherapy. Currently, he is a Professor Emeritus at the School of Psychology, University of Ottawa and recipient of the Researcher of the Year Award from that University. In the past, Dr. Mahrer has been honoured by several Divisions of the American Psychological Association with a Distinguished Psychologist Award, as a Living Legend in Psychotherapy, and a recipient of the Rollo May Award for Pursuit of New Frontiers of Knowledge. Raymond Corsini in his preface to “Current Psychotherapies” refers to Mahrer’s experiential psychotherapy “as revolutionary as was Freud’s 100 years ago and Carl Rogers’ 50 years ago.”

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Paperback (8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches) 181 pages

Howard Gontovnick Publications (2010)

ISBN-13: 978-0968186565

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