Exploring and Treating Acquisitive Desire: Living in the Material World

Author:   Jeffrey A. Kottler, Ph.D.
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
ISBN:  

9780761913603


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   22 June 1999
Format:   Hardback
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Exploring and Treating Acquisitive Desire: Living in the Material World


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Author:   Jeffrey A. Kottler, Ph.D.
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9780761913603


ISBN 10:   0761913602
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   22 June 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND Social Disease and Professional Unease Image and Identity The Meaning of Possessions Consequences of Consumerism PART TWO: DISORDERS OF EXCESS Greed Emptiness and Meaninglessness Compulsive Shopping and Hoarding The Privileged and Successful PART THREE: TREATMENT ISSUES Interventions - with Hal Stevens Ritual Acquisitions Alternative Lifestyles Reflective Activities Therapist Desires

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Jeffrey A. Kottler is one of the most prolific authors in the fields of counseling, psychotherapy, and education, having written more than 90 books about a wide range of subjects. He has authored a dozen texts for counselors and therapists that are used in universities around the world and a dozen books each for practicing therapists and educators. Some of his most highly regarded works include Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy, The Mummy at the Dining Room Table: Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases and What They Teach Us About Human Behavior, Bad Therapy, The Client Who Changed Me, Divine Madness, Change: What Leads to Personal Transformation, Stories We’ve Heard, Stories We’ve Told: Life-Changing Narratives in Therapy and Everyday Life, and Therapy Over 50. He has been an educator for 40 years, having worked as a teacher, counselor, and therapist in preschool, middle school, mental health center, crisis center, nongovernmental organization, university, community college, private practice, and disaster relief settings. He has served as a Fulbright scholar and senior lecturer in Peru and Iceland, as well as worked as a visiting professor in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Nepal. He is professor of counseling at California State University, Fullerton.

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