Phenomenology in Clinical Practice

Phenomenology in Clinical Practice introduces core concepts of Husserlian phenomenology and applies them to the understanding and treatment of affective and personality disorders in clinical settings.

Susi Ferrarello, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at CSU East Bay and author of The Phenomenology of Pregnancy and Early Motherhood, The Ethics of Love, and Human Emotions and the Origin of Bioethics. She is also a philosophical counselor and writes for Psychology Today.

Introduction 1. Husserl and Phenomenology: The Risk of Reductionism in Clinical Practice 2. Epoche and Reductions: Dualism, Normality and Abnormality in the life-world 3. A Phenomenological Account of CPTSD 4. The Problem of Psychologism and Logicism in cases of Complex PTSD 5. Husserl's ethics and Schizophrenia 6. The Crisis of Medical Sciences as a Crisis of Meaning 7. Affects disorders 8. Emotional Blindness: A Phenomenological Account of Alexithymia and Empathy 9. Border Line Personality Disorders, Affects and Value Disruptions 10. Affects and Narcissism