Psychotherapy and the Bored Patient

Richard Marggraf Turley is Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is the author ofThe Politics of Language in Romantic Literature (2002) andWriting Essays: A Guide for Students in English and the Humanities (2000). He is currently working on a co-edited collection of essays tracing Romantic influence in twentieth-century literature.

• Contents Boredom as a Text in Waiting: A PrefaceAn Awakening and Complexity Boredom: Theory and Therapy The Bored and Boring Patient Functions of Boredom: Treatment Implications Characterological Boredom as Symptom and Tragedy The Bored Patient: A Developmental/Existential Perspective Treating the Bored Client With Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) Client-Therapist Boredom: What Does It Mean and What Do We Do? The Use of the Therapist’s Self in the Treatment of the Bored Patient The Bored Client: A Logotherapy Approach Transition Boredom On the Feeling of Longing With Schizophrenic Patients Boredom in Marital Therapy: A Clinician’s Reflections Some Lively Thoughts on Boredom Holding On When You Feel Like Letting Go Paralysis of the Soul: When Life Becomes Boredom