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 Self-Relations
Therapy is, in part, a synthesis of theory and practice from
various prior traditions. However, the approach is more than an
amalgam of ideas; rather, SR offers a meta-framework in which
multiplicity – of form, meaning, presence, and so on – can be
contained within an actively adaptive, aware, and present
relational self.
Editors Stephen Gilligan and Dvorah Simon have gathered in a
mosaic of content and communication to explain the perspective
and to show how it can be applied across contexts. Divided into
five broad sections – The Self-Relations Approach, Applications
of Self-Relations, Self-Relations and Spiritual Paths,
Dimensions of Self-Relations, Self-Relations and Expressive and
Somatic Approaches – the book can be dipped into or read from
beginning to end. Like a rich and colorful mosaic, the material
can inspire or invoke whether you come in very close to follow
specific themes or you stand back to take in the whole.
Stephen Gilligan first presented the theory and practice of
Self-Relations in his book The Courage to Love in 1997. In the
years since, the work has continued to evolve through workshops
and presentations, as well as through the dialog and sharing of
ideas that he has invited along the way. Just as the approach
itself is a kind of collaboration of entities, whether within an
individual or between people or in the midst of a community,
this new book encourages the multidimensionality of voices. The
contributors are not confined by rigid structural or editorial
requisites; they are invited to address their topics in the
language that befits them. Thus, a sense of the SR ideal of
“multiple truths at the same time” is embodied in the work.
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Preface: Words Rise Up from Silence, by Dvorah Simon, Ph.D.
Poem: "Snap" (for Ruth), by Dvorah Simon, Ph.D.
Overview: An Invisible Presence is Awakening: Key Ideas in
Self-Relations,
by Stephen Gilligan, Ph.D.
SECTION I: THE SELF-RELATIONS APPROACH
1: Self-Relations Stories
Charles Holton, L.C.S.W.
2: The Problem is the Solution: Return from Exile
David J. Stern, Psy.D.
3: A Personal Narrative of Self-Relations Therapy
Muriel Singer, Ph.D.
4: Self-Relations as a Tantric Spiritual Practice
Cynthia Franklin, M.S.O.D.
5: The Sleeping Angel: Brokenness and Blessing in the Healing
Path
Dvorah Simon, Ph.D.
Poetic Interlude 1
"Broken and Perfect," by Cynthia Franklin, M.S.O.D.
"If God Was in the Camps," by Dvorah Simon, Ph.D.
SECTION II: APPLICATIONS OF SELF-RELATIONS
6: Self-Relations, Hypnosis, and Transpersonal Approaches in the
Treatment of Panic Attacks
David Aftergood, M.D.
7: Healing Trauma
Daniel Burow, Ed.D.
8: The Use of Self-Relations Therapy in Pain Management
Jeanne Hernandez, Ph.D.
9: Self-Relations Psychotherapy with Couples
Saralee Kane, M.S.W.
10: Sponsorship in Supervision: Resonance in the Relational
Field
Leonard Bohanon, Ph.D.
11: The Business Leader as an Incurable Deviant: A
Self-Alignment Approach
to Leadership Development
Julian Russell & Cynthia Indriso, B.A., M.P.H.
Poetic Interlude 2
"Improvisation," by Charles Holton, L.C.S.W.
"Poetry as a Grounding Practice: Truth-telling from Neglected
Voices," by
Dvorah Simon, Ph.D.
SECTION III: SELF-RELATIONS AND SPIRITUAL PATHS
12: Immanent Blessings: Sponsorship and the Archetypal Goddess
Celia Bockhoff, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., B.C.D.
13: Applications of Self-Relations in Religious Settings,
Healing
Communities,
and Faith Development
Rev. Sandra J. Lydick, M.Div., L.M.S.W.
14: Street Life: Self-Relations and the Call to Healing
Ourselves and Others
Kate Marshall, Ph.D.
15: At Every Moment a New Species Rises in the Chest:
Self-Relations and
Sufism
Sharon G. Mijares, Ph.D.
16: Witnessing, Naming, and Blessing: Self-Relations in the Life
of a Rabbi
Jack H Bloom, Ph.D.
Poetic Interlude 3
"An Entirely Different Angel," by Dvorah Simon, Ph.D.
"A Danger of Angels," by Beverly Voss, L.M.S.W.
"Do This," by Beverly Voss, L.M.S.W.
SECTION IV: DIMENSIONS OF SELF-RELATIONS
17: Kings, Queens, Warriors, Lovers and Magicians: Archetypes of
Transformation
Robert Rossel, Ph.D.
18: A Journey Towards Awakening: Self-Relations and Mindfulness
Ray Cicetti, L.C.S.W.
19: Aliens and the Neglected Self
Carol A. Fitzsimons, M.S., L.P.C.
20: Voices from a Field: The Transformative Presence of the
Self-Relations
Community
Mary Massaro, M.S.
21: Change and Non-Change in the Field: From Either/Or to
Both/And
Relationships
Ulrich Hoenig
Poetic Interlude 4
"Four," by Dvorah Simon, Ph.D.
"After Four (A Blessing)," by Charles Holton, L.C.S.W.
SECTION V: SELF-RELATIONS AND EXPRESSIVE AND SOMATIC
APPROACHES
22: Self-Relations in Holotropic States of Consciousness:
Articulating the Therapeutic Relationship in Holotropic
BreathworkTM
Kylea Taylor, M.S., M.F.T.
23: Doorways to Creativity: Art Therapy from the Center
Abbe Miller, M.S., A.T.R.
24: Instant Painful Success and Ongoing Wonderful Failure:
My Personal Experiences with Self-Relations Psychotherapy
Jeff Weakley
25: Creative Expression as a Vehicle for Positive
Self-Sponsorship
Molly H. Guzzino, A.T.R., L.P.C., L.M.F.T.
26: Movement Practices for Self-Relations
Selene Vega, M.A., L.M.F.T.
27: Tapping Into Dual Sources of Experience: Self-Relations and
Somatic
Process
Charlie Badenhop
28: Therapy as a Dance and Dance as a Therapy: A
Cross-pollination
Jessie Shaw & Bill Hedberg
Poetic Interlude 5
"As If," by Dvorah Simon, Ph.D.
"Blessed," by Mary Michele Mulvihill, Ph.D.
"For This One Night," by Bonnie Scot, B.S.
CODA
29: Midnight Musings on the True Nature of the Rose: The
Complementary
Approaches
of Carl Whitaker and Self-Relations in Working with Families: A
Tale in
Three Parts
Stephen R. Beck, M.S.W.
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