Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography in a Digital Age

Del Loewenthal is an existential-analytic psychotherapist, photographer and chartered psychologist. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, the British Psychological Society, and United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, Chair of the Southern Association of Psychotherapy and Counselling and Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapy and Counselling at the University of Roehampton.

• Preface to Second EditionAcknowledgments (from 1st Edition) ProloguePart I: IntroductionChapter 1 - Introducing phototherapy and therapeutic photography in a digital age, Del LoewenthalChapter 2 - A photograph as a therapeutic experience - Ulla HalkolaChapter 3 - Jo Spence's camera therapy, Personal therapeutic photography as a response to adversity, Terry DennettChapter 4 - Fotos, fones & fantasies, Mark WheelerChapter 5 - A creative photographic approach: Interpretation and healing through creative practice, Mike SimmonsPart II The use of photographs in various practicesChapter 6 - Inhabiting the image: Photography, therapy and re-enactment phototherapy, Rosy MartinChapter 7 - Talking pictures therapy: The therapeutic use of photographs in counselling and psychotherapy, Del LoewenthalChapter 8 - Structuring therapeutic photography techniques to guide exploration, Neil GibsonChapter 9 - PhotoVoice, Participatory Photography, and Photographic Storytelling, Tom ElkinsChapter 10 - The self-portrait as self-therapy, Cristina NuñezChapter 11 - Community phototherapy, Carmine Parrella, Del LoewenthalChapter 12 - The photographic genogram and family therapy, Rodolfo De BernartChapter 13- ‘The time we were not born': Experimental archaeology — working within and beyond the photographic archive with photography students, Julia WincklerChapter 14 - Photography and art therapy, Alexander KopytinChapter 15 - Phototherapy, Therapeutic Photography and AI, Lucian Milasan Part III Research and the futureChapter 16 - Phototherapy and neuroscience: Marriage, cohabitation or divorce?, Hasse Karlsson Chapter 17 - Research, new approaches and the future of phototherapy and therapeutic photography, Del LoewenthalEpilogue: Hands up — surrender to subjectivity, Brigitte Anor

'Rooted in both the optimistic ethos of humanistic psychology and the sceptical vision of psychoanalysis, (…) this book offers insights that numerous therapeutic approaches can learn from.'Andrew Samuels, author of Reflecting Critically on the Political Psyche Therapy, Testament and Trouble in Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis. 'This welcome second edition brings together leading clinicians and practitioners to share their extensive knowledge and experience.'Dr Michael Pritchard FRPS, Member of Royal Photographic Society and Consultant. 'This new edition opens our minds to the range of challenges, ethical and creative, facing this most potent form of therapy and most democratic of therapeutic, community-building practices.'Dr Robert Snell, Author of Cézanne and the post-Bionian Field: An Exploration and a Meditation. 'An invaluable resource for psychotherapists, counsellors and other mental health professionals who wish to enrich their clinical work and to promote mental wellbeing.'Evrinomy Avdi, Professor in Clinical Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and Anna Freud Centre, London.