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Counterpoint (1995), Edition: 1, 338 pages
Description
Ecopsychology represents an attempt to find ecology within the context of human psychology and, in turn, to find human psychology in the context of ecology. The feelings of isolation and dysfunction that are so pervasive today have at their root a denial of our essential connection to nature and the non-human world. To heal, we must find our way back home.
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LibraryThing member thehatinthecat
This anthology provides a good grounding in the emerging field of ecopsychology. Each writer provides insight into how our relationship to the earth can and does effect our psyschological health. I would highly recommend that anyone who reads this book also reads "Last Child in the Woods: Saving
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LibraryThing member AlexiFrancis
I'm two thirds of the way through this book and have found it overall thought provoking and interesting. There's a wide selection of essays. However one author actually made me quite angry. He, (Terrance O'Connor) seemed to belittle people's personal problems in relation to the crisis facing the
There's a danger too, that these "superior" 'ecopsychologists' will just exit up their own intellectual arses.
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earth. I think this rather foolish if you're a therapist. I agree some people may get caught up in petty problems but there are others who have been damaged or traumatised and who can greatly benefit from therapy without bringing in the crisis of the planet. So I regarded his essay with a certain degree of distain. Stupid man.There's a danger too, that these "superior" 'ecopsychologists' will just exit up their own intellectual arses.
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Original language
English
Original publication date
1995
Physical description
366 p.; 6 inches
ISBN
0871564068 / 9780871564061
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