Phenomenology in Action in Psychotherapy

Ian Rory Owen is a practising psychotherapist within the British National Health Service who works with complex psychological problems and the so-called disorders of personality. He first met the work of Freud and Husserl in January 1990. Since then he has kept a keen interest in both with my preference going to Husserl. His style of practice is a general one. He has no allegiance to any specific school of practice. Please see his website for details of his bibliography. Specifically 72 peer reviewed papers, 3 self-published books, and other peer reviewed publications in a wide selection of paper and electronic journals.

• Preface.- 1 Introduction: The naturalistic attitude cannot grasp meaning for consciousness.- Part I: Defining phenomenology and pure psychology.- 2 Phenomenology and meaning for consciousness.- 3 Two interpretative positions in phenomenology.- 4 The reflective method of the pure psychology of consciousness.- 5 Concluding on the ideals of the things themselves.- Part II: The findings on meaning for consciousness.- 6 Concluding on biopsychosocial essences.- 7 The being of consciousness.- 8 The pure psychology of meaning.- 9 Consciousness in its habitat of other consciousness.- Part III: Applying pure psychology to psychotherapy and mental health care.- 10 Formulations of intentionality.- 11 On meta-representation: The theoretical and practical consequences of intentionality.- 12 Two telling examples about belief and time.- 13 A formulation of the ego and its context.- 14 Formulating syndromes.- 15 On being unable to control variables in intersubjectivity.- 16 Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Name index.- Subject index.