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Humanity's dark side evil, destructive experience, and psychotherapy

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  • ""There are many forms of human destructiveness: war, rape, murder, slavery, the Holocaust, other manifestations of genocide, oppression, torture, theft, exploitation, child abuse, gang warfare, and extortion, to name just a few. There are also everyday "little" ways in which we hurt each other: malicious gossip, social exclusion, treating others with contempt, blaming others wrongfully, not listening to others, and imposing our ideologies on others. Human destructiveness, from everyday forms to extreme forms, can be thought of as comprising what is often metaphorically referred to as humanity's "dark side." Humanity's dark side plays a role in psychotherapy. Many therapists may not have worked with perpetrators of seriously destructive behavior. However, most have worked with the victims of it--victims of physical or sexual abuse, emotional abuse, harmful parenting practices, oppression, racism, sexism, the vast range of abuses of social inequities and injustices, and so on. Although many books about human evil have been written (e.g., Baron-Cohen, 2010; Staub, 2011; Zimbardo, 2007), remarkably scant attention has been paid to how psychotherapists conceptualize and deal with the dark side of human nature in psychotherapy. This trend may reflect the growth of a technological (i.e., technique-based) emphasis in psychotherapy. Owing to the proliferation of evidence-based interventions, therapists have been encouraged to understand their practice in terms of the techniques and procedures that have been claimed to work best for different disorders. Nonetheless, how therapists construe the dark side of humanity is highly relevant to how they practice--or so we believe. This belief forms the foundation for this book. Thus, we ask the following questions in this book: How do therapists understand the nature and existence of destructive human behavior, from profound evil to more mundane expressions of humanity's dark side? How does this understanding affect therapists' attempts to prevent and/or remediate either destructive behavior itself or its effects?"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)."
  • "Human destructiveness can take many forms, from the everyday little ways in which we hurt each other to atrocities like genocide and slavery. The capacity for such destructiveness is often referred to as humanity's dark side. Although an abundance of literature considers possible origins of humanity's dark side, most of it ignores how psychotherapists conceptualize and deal with the dark side in therapy. In this book, prominent writers on psychotherapy present different, sometimes opposing views on humanity's dark side and consider how these views impact their clinical practice. Must therapists address the dark side in order to help people grow constructively? Or can they work to develop clients' positive features without addressing the dark side at all? How does one help a victim of evil cope in therapy, and what if the client is a perpetrator? Additional chapters address broader implications, such as whether psychology is a fundamentally moral enterprise, whether human negativity is necessarily immoral, and how organizations that strive for virtue might instead perpetuate vice. Complete with engaging case studies, this book will stimulate dialogue on important philosophical issues that impact clinical practice and broader social interactions."
  • ""There are many forms of human destructiveness: war, rape, murder, slavery, the Holocaust, other manifestations of genocide, oppression, torture, theft, exploitation, child abuse, gang warfare, and extortion, to name just a few. There are also everyday "little" ways in which we hurt each other: malicious gossip, social exclusion, treating others with contempt, blaming others wrongfully, not listening to others, and imposing our ideologies on others. Human destructiveness, from everyday forms to extreme forms, can be thought of as comprising what is often metaphorically referred to as humanity's "dark side." Humanity's dark side plays a role in psychotherapy. Many therapists may not have worked with perpetrators of seriously destructive behavior. However, most have worked with the victims of it--victims of physical or sexual abuse, emotional abuse, harmful parenting practices, oppression, racism, sexism, the vast range of abuses of social inequities and injustices, and so on. Although many books about human evil have been written (e.g., Baron-Cohen, 2010; Staub, 2011; Zimbardo, 2007), remarkably scant attention has been paid to how psychotherapists conceptualize and deal with the dark side of human nature in psychotherapy. This trend may reflect the growth of a technological (i.e., technique-based) emphasis in psychotherapy. Owing to the proliferation of evidence-based interventions, therapists have been encouraged to understand their practice in terms of the techniques and procedures that have been claimed to work best for different disorders. Nonetheless, how therapists construe the dark side of humanity is highly relevant to how they practice--or so we believe. This belief forms the foundation for this book. Thus, we ask the following questions in this book: How do therapists understand the nature and existence of destructive human behavior, from profound evil to more mundane expressions of humanity's dark side? How does this understanding affect therapists' attempts to prevent and/or remediate either destructive behavior itself or its effects?"--Préf."

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