{"title":"Books by Michael Jacobs","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780335207763","title":"The Therapist's Use Of Self","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book deals with what is perhaps the central question in therapy - who is the therapist? And how does that actually come across and manifest itself in the therapeutic relationship? A good deal of the thinking about this in psychoanalysis has come under the heading of countertransference. Much of the thinking in the humanistic approaches has come under such headings as empathy, genuineness, nonpossessive warmth, presence, personhood. These two streams of thinking about the therapist's own self provide much material for the bulk of the book - but other aspects of the therapist also enter the picture, including the way a therapist is trained, and uses supervision, in order to make fuller use of her or his own reactions, responses and experience in working with any one client.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is aimed primarily at counsellors and psychotherapists, or trainees in these disciplines. It has been written in a way that is accessible to students at all levels, but it is also of particular value to existing practitioners with an interest in the problems of integration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Most therapists, regardless of theoretical approach, intuitively recognize that their sense of self intimately influences their work. Using this elemental truth as a launching pad, Rowan and Jacobs articulate the different avenues through which the self informs therapy, and how each can be used to improve therapeutic effectiveness. Along the way the authors provide a masterful exposition of transference, countertransference,  and projective identification, throwing much needed light on topics that have long been mired in controversy and confusion.The book is a priceless resource for experienced therapists and those just beginning the journey.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Professor Sheldon Cashadan, author of Object Relations Therapy and The Witch Must Die: The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Outstandingly in the current literature, this book meets the conditions for integrative psychotherapy to fulfil its undoubted potential as the therapy pathway of the future. Much has to change in our field. First, people have to become better informed and more respectful of other traditions than their own, engaging with all kinds of taboo topics. Next, vigorous but contained dispute has to take place without having a bland synthesis as its goal. Finally, the current situation in which 'integration' runs in one direction only - humanistic and transpersonal therapists learning from psychoanalysis - has to be altered. Rowan and Jacobs, each a master in his own field, have done a wonderful collaborative job. The book's focus on what different ways of being a therapist really mean in practice guarantees its relevance for therapists of all schools (or none) and at every level.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology, University of Essex and Visiting Professor of Psychoanalytic Studies, Goldsmith's College, University of London \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is no question in psychotherapy more important than the degree to which the practitioner should be natural and spontaneous. Would it be sensible to leave one's ordinary, everyday personality behind when entering the consulting room and adopt a stance based on learned techniques? This is the question addressed by Rowan \u0026amp; Jacobs in The Therapist's Use of Self, approaching it from various angles and discussing the relevant ideas of different schools of thought. The authors are very well-infomred and write with admirable clarity, directness and wisdom and have made an impressive contribution to a problem to which there is no easy solution\".\u003cbr\u003e- Dr. Peter Lomas, author of Doing Good? Psychotherapy Out of Its Depth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56286101504373,"sku":"9780335207763","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780335207763_26046abe-8fbb-4c47-8e84-9f18165b02db.jpg?v=1786013759"},{"product_id":"9780500289969","title":"The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence","description":"Provence is a land apart, a territory of outstanding beauty and distinction that has fascinated outsiders since earliest times. It is in its smaller communities that the true Provençal spirit can be found. Hugh Palmer’s radiant photographs and Michael Jacobs’ evocative accounts of the most beautiful villages of Provence opens with the villages of Vaucluse and the Bouches-du-Rhône, then moves east through the Var to the mountains of the Alpine départments and its fortified hill villages, drawing together the special characteristics of the region. In the brilliant sunlight falling across the tightly grouped terracotta roofs and the velvety shade beneath great plane trees in an ancient square, the authors encounter the country of Marcel Pagnol and Jean de Florette, the best-loved of all French provinces.  ‘The photographs of simple churches, fountains, shady squares and cobbled lanes demand leisurely observation … beautiful. Highly recommended for travel and architecture collections’ – Library Journal","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56290440708469,"sku":"9780500289969","price":14.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780500289969_3a1e9822-56a5-4d0e-b694-3fdfe6ee98a5.jpg?v=1786013964"},{"product_id":"9781529682403","title":"Psychodynamic Counselling in Action","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis classic text demonstrates psychodynamic theory and practices across the counselling process beginning – middle - end. This revised sixth edition includes a new preface, updated further reading sections and a new chapter covering contemporary issues including online working, the application of a social justice and DEI agenda within the field of psychodynamic theory and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCounselling in Action is a bestselling series of practical introductions designed for trainees and practitioners. Each book introduces one of the main theoretical approaches and provides a guide to the process of counselling from beginning to end. Covering theory and practice, they are trusted companions for many courses in counselling and psychotherapy and other professions such as nursing, social work and teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56303860547957,"sku":"9781529682403","price":40.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529682403_c692eedc-ca88-444f-8152-677f54f66fc3.jpg?v=1786023642"},{"product_id":"9781800132719","title":"Reflecting on Therapy","description":"Michael Jacobs is the author of key texts, such as Psychodynamic Counselling in Action and The Presenting Past. Looking back over fifty years’ experience as a therapist and reflecting on some forty years as a supervisor and teacher, he invites you to join him and reflect upon issues uncovered in the therapy room.   Therapists are encouraged to engage in reflective practice, thinking through what they are saying and doing, together with presenting their work in supervision in order to engage in fine-tuning their insight and skills. However, it is hard to find the time with so many demands pressing in. Michael presents various situations, phrases and practices which may evade reflection since they are so common in the consulting room, or which may challenge assumptions that easily become habitual in a therapist’s practice. He unpacks apparent conventional phrases, such as ‘How are you?’, ‘Did you see …?’, ‘And …’. He says the unsayable, looks at the place of CPD, questions ‘expertise’, the impact of failure, Freud’s cigars, expectations on the therapist, being a therapist, the value of apologies, letting be, niggles, the vicissitudes of memory, the pointlessness of questions, what therapists miss, hopes, goals, taboos, finishing therapy, money, notes … and many, many more significant possibilities that arise in the course of a week’s regular sessions.   This beautiful little book contains space within for your own notes, thoughts, and reflections after each reflection from Michael. This gives you the opportunity to ponder, to savour, to develop or disagree on the ideas you encounter. Take your time, slow down, and allow your thoughts to grow.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56306966692213,"sku":"9781800132719","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781800132719_e1ce9f97-3336-4e09-aa7f-07e0d6465aaf.jpg?v=1786027353"},{"product_id":"9781847088086","title":"Everything is Happening","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Jacobs was haunted by Velázquez's enigmatic masterpiece \u003ci\u003eLas Meninas\u003c\/i\u003e from first encountering it in the Prado as a teenager. In \u003ci\u003eEverything is Happening \u003c\/i\u003eJacobs searches for the ultimate significance of the painting by following the trails of associations from each individual character in the picture, as well as his own memories of and relationship to this extraordinary work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Jacobs' first trip to Spain to the complex politics of Golden Age Madrid, to his meeting with the man who saved \u003ci\u003eLas Meninas \u003c\/i\u003eduring the Spanish Civil war, via Jacobs' experiences of the sunless world of the art history academy, Jacobs' dissolves the barriers between the past and the present, the real and the illusory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCut short by Jacobs' death in 2014, and completed with an introduction and coda of great sensitivity and insight by his friend and fellow lover of art, the journalist Ed Vulliamy, this visionary, meditative and often very funny book is a passionate, personal manifesto for the liberation of how we look at painting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56307819348341,"sku":"9781847088086","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781847088086_e81acc86-d256-491f-b4f0-9f80e80e989b.jpg?v=1786029738"},{"product_id":"9780335251841","title":"The Presenting Past","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“This book is essential reading for anyone interested in learning more about one of the most influential and successful approaches to therapy.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulia McLeod, Lecturer in Counselling, Abertay University, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Every edition of a long established text begs the question – what’s new? Michael and Dawn continue to honour the wisdom and relevance of prior editions with characteristic humour and humility. This touchstone text conveys with clarity the richness of Psychodynamic approaches.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul King, Assistant Professor, Guidance Counselling and Education, School of Human Development, Dublin City University, Ireland  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“A highly respected ‘classic’ text which has been thoroughly revised and extended to reflect the changed and changing landscape of therapeutic practice.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeith E Walmsley-Smith, visiting Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Staffordshire University, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA person's past is ever present, from infancy to old age, and it affects the dynamics of therapy and the therapist-patient relationship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by a key founding figure of psychodynamic counselling and now with contributions from pre-eminent researcher, Dawn Freshwater, the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Presenting Past \u003c\/i\u003egives practicing therapists and students keen insight into the subject. The theories of Freud, Winnicott, Klein are now complimented by attachment theory and self-psychology and are organized into three main categories: trust and attachment; authority and autonomy; and concord and challenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this new edition, Jacobs and Freshwater give psychodynamic counselling and therapy a truly human face. The connections between theory and practice are highlighted through the use of compelling case examples and end of chapter exercises. Combined with an approachable writing style, this edition is the go-to for busy professionals and trainees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFully updated to include coverage of the prevalence of social media; debates about gender identity and sexuality; the significance of attachment theory and attachment-based practice and self-psychology and its concentration upon the problems of narcissistic wound, \u003ci\u003eThe Presenting Past\u003c\/i\u003e stays wonderfully readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book shows Jacobs at his best and is a testimony to his lifetime of experience. Michael Jacobs and Dawn Freshwater provide a clear modernisation on this classic, best-selling text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Jacobs\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the pioneers of psychodynamic counselling in Britain. 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