Forms of vitality : exploring dynamic experience in psychology, the arts, psychotherapy, and development /

"In his new book, eminent psychologist - Daniel Stern, author of the classic The interpersonal world of the infant, explores the hitherto neglected topic of "vitality" - that is, the force or power manifested by all living things. Vitality takes on many dynamic forms and permeates d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stern, Daniel N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introducing dynamic ''forms of vitality''
  • 2. The nature and theoretical framework of dynamic ''forms of vitality''
  • 3. Ideas from psychology and behavioral science leading to dynamic forms of vitality
  • 4. A possible neuroscientific basis for vitality forms : the arousal systems
  • 5. Vitality forms in music, dance, theatre and cinema
  • 6. When do vitality forms begin? : a developmental view
  • 7. What implications do forms of vitality have for clinical theory and practice.