A life well lived : Maxwell Jones--a memoir /
Briggs, Dennie.
A life well lived : Maxwell Jones--a memoir / Dennie Briggs. - London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002. - 1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations - Therapeutic communities ; 11 . - Therapeutic communities ; 11. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201).
Introduction: a record of a friendship -- "Max and his gangsters" -- The 1960s -- Painful communication -- Dreams die hard -- Recycling the psyche -- The illusion of reality -- After thoughts: a life well lived -- Social learning and the future: a conversation.
Beginning with their first meeting in 1956 and ending with Maxwell Jones' death in 1990, A Life Well Lived follows the growth of a friendship between two key figures in social psychiatry and tracks the evolution of therapeutic communities from their experimental beginnings to the established practices that exist today. As a close friend and frequent collaborator, Briggs is able to recount in detail Jones' revolutionary work in mental hospitals, prisons, communities and schools, and offers a rare and engaging insight into the mind of one of the most important pioneers in the therapeutic communi.
English.
1417501863 (electronic bk.) 9781417501861 (electronic bk.) 9781843107408 (alk. paper) 1843107406 (alk. paper) 1846423767 9781846423765 1283904152 9781283904155
Jones, Maxwell.
Jones, Maxwell.
Clinical psychologists--Biography.
Clinical psychology.
Psychology, Clinical
History, 20th Century
Psychologues cliniciens--Biographies.
Psychologie clinique.
Médecine--Histoire--20e siècle.
Social, Group Or Collective Psychology.
Psychoanalytical Theory (Freudian Psychology)
MEDICAL--Psychiatry--General.
PSYCHOLOGY--Psychopathology--General.
PSYCHOLOGY--Clinical Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY--Mental Illness.
MEDICAL--Mental Health.
Clinical psychologists.
Electronic book.
Biography
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Memoirs.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
RC438.6.J644 / B75 2002eb
616.89/0092 B
2003 G-082 WZ 100 / J7795B 2002
A life well lived : Maxwell Jones--a memoir / Dennie Briggs. - London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002. - 1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations - Therapeutic communities ; 11 . - Therapeutic communities ; 11. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201).
Introduction: a record of a friendship -- "Max and his gangsters" -- The 1960s -- Painful communication -- Dreams die hard -- Recycling the psyche -- The illusion of reality -- After thoughts: a life well lived -- Social learning and the future: a conversation.
Beginning with their first meeting in 1956 and ending with Maxwell Jones' death in 1990, A Life Well Lived follows the growth of a friendship between two key figures in social psychiatry and tracks the evolution of therapeutic communities from their experimental beginnings to the established practices that exist today. As a close friend and frequent collaborator, Briggs is able to recount in detail Jones' revolutionary work in mental hospitals, prisons, communities and schools, and offers a rare and engaging insight into the mind of one of the most important pioneers in the therapeutic communi.
English.
1417501863 (electronic bk.) 9781417501861 (electronic bk.) 9781843107408 (alk. paper) 1843107406 (alk. paper) 1846423767 9781846423765 1283904152 9781283904155
Jones, Maxwell.
Jones, Maxwell.
Clinical psychologists--Biography.
Clinical psychology.
Psychology, Clinical
History, 20th Century
Psychologues cliniciens--Biographies.
Psychologie clinique.
Médecine--Histoire--20e siècle.
Social, Group Or Collective Psychology.
Psychoanalytical Theory (Freudian Psychology)
MEDICAL--Psychiatry--General.
PSYCHOLOGY--Psychopathology--General.
PSYCHOLOGY--Clinical Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY--Mental Illness.
MEDICAL--Mental Health.
Clinical psychologists.
Electronic book.
Biography
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Memoirs.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
RC438.6.J644 / B75 2002eb
616.89/0092 B
2003 G-082 WZ 100 / J7795B 2002