Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
(Franco F. Orsucci)
pp. vii-xi
PART 1
Foundations
pp. 1
Chapter 1
Towards a Meta-Model of Human Change, from Singularity to Event Horizon
(Franco F. Orsucci)
pp. 3-24
Chapter 2
A Beginner’s Guide to the Nature and Potentialities of Dynamical and Network Theory, Part I: A Visual Introduction to the Theory of Dynamical Systems
(Frederick David Abraham)
pp. 25-54
Chapter 3
The Emotional Foundation of Complex Cognitive Development: Considerations for Psychotherapy
(Mario Antonio Reda)
pp. 55-64
Chapter 4
Chaos and Self-Organization in Psychotherapy
(Günter Schiepek, Stephan Heinzel, Susanne Karch, Benjamin Aas, and Guido Strunk)
pp. 65-92
Chapter 5
Remembering, Repeating, and Working-Through “An Eternal Golden Braid”
(Franco Scalzone and Gemma Zontini)
pp. 93-110
Chapter 6
Adaptive Specificity of the Self and Complexity of the Inward and Outward Personal Meaning Organizations (PMO)
(Bernardo Nardi)
pp. 111-118
Chapter 7
Empirical and Structural Approaches to the Temporality of Alliance in Psychotherapy
(Wolfgang Tschacher, Hermann Haken, and Miriam Kyselo)
pp. 119-134
Chapter 8
Experiential Balancing Therapy: An Integrative Psychotherapy Theory and Approach Grounded in Complex Adaptive Systems Theory. Part I: Theoretical Overview and Key Concepts
(David Pincus)
pp. 135-158
PART 2
Transformations
pp. 159
Chapter 9
A Beginner’s Guide to the Nature and Potentialities of Dynamical and Network Theory, Part II: A Comparison of Discrete Networks to Continuous Dynamical Systems
(Frederick David Abraham)
pp. 161-178
Chapter 10
Adolescence, Order through Fluctuations and Psychopathology. A Post-Rationalist Conception of Mental Disorders and their Treatment on the Grounds of Chaos Theory
(Juan Balbi)
pp. 179-200
Chapter 11
Experiential Balancing Therapy: an Integrative Psychotherapy Theory and Approach Grounded in Complex Adaptive Systems Theory. Part II: Assessment, Treatment Planning, and Intervention
(David Pincus)
pp. 201-228
Chapter 12
The Nonlinear Dynamics of Clinical Intuition
(Terry Marks-Tarlow)
pp. 229-254
Chapter 13
The Recognition of the Adaptive Function of “Role Reversal” as a Key Psychotherapeutic Tool
(Andrea Seganti and Pier Christian Verde)
pp. 255-264
Chapter 14
Dancing Insight. How Psychotherapists Use Change of Positioning in Order to Complement Split-Off Areas of Experience
(Michael B. Buchholz and Uli Reich)
pp. 265-292
Chapter 15
Clinical-Psychological Counseling and Complexity of Interactions in a University Context
(Giulia Paoloni, Irene Sborlini, Mario Fulcheri)
pp. 293-306
Chapter 16
How Is the Shape of Change in the Psychotherapeutic Complex System?
(Giulio de Felice and Silvia Andreassi)
pp. 307-320
Index
pp. 321-336