Therapeutic Love and Heartfullness

Meanderings Through Group Analysis, Group Analytic Art Therapy and Individual Therapy

By: Gerry McNeilly

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Paperback | 14 March 2025 | Edition Number 1

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This book introduces the concepts of 'therapeutic love' and 'heartfullness,' combining models of group analysis, art therapy and individual psychotherapy to present a new psychotherapeutic framework where non-erotic love is engendered and evoked within therapeutic encounters.

The heart has often been conceptualised as symbolic of sexuality and eroticism, with little meaning beyond the romantic, and therefore often removed from psychotherapeutic perspectives. Responding to this, the author calls for placing the heart as the central point of reference in therapeutic work, emphasising how it is touched during a therapeutic session. This, in turn, gives way for the therapistâs own emotions and thoughts, such as empathy, identification, concern, protectiveness and laughter, to be released.

Building upon the authorâs 40 years of experience in practice and new developments in these models, this book âmeandersâ through evolving theories and integrates them for both patients and trainees across backgrounds and cultures. Enriched with the authorâs personal clinical vignettes and unique influences of music, art, golf and even Ireland, this book aims to give a greater voice to the patient â" and their heart â" within the therapeutic space.

This book is essential reading for any counsellor, therapist or analyst and offers a new way of looking at therapeutic endeavours across methodologies in all their simplicities and complexities.

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