Dissociation and the Dynamics of Personality by Simon Boag

Dissociation and the Dynamics of Personality by Simon Boag

Dissociation and the Dynamics of Personality addresses the nature of personality in trauma-dissociation and proposes a dynamic understanding of persons that fundamentally challenges conventional views of the self and consciousness.

“This book runs a magnifying glass over the logic and conceptualisation of the link between dissociation and trauma, and the construct of dissociation more broadlyFew have taken such a bold and necessary step, and in this highly informative and engaging book, Boag offers clarity and guidance, writing with an accessible and unpretentious style. This book offers genuine insights into theory building and the construct of dissociation and sharpens further the most sophisticated model in the field, the Structural Theory of Dissociation. While addressing debates and engaging in useful theoretical housekeeping, this work also has major implications for understanding dissociation clinically and conceptually. Boag’s insights and clarity of thought are welcomed and significant additions to the trauma and dissociation fields.”

Martin Dorahy, PhD, DClinPsych, is a clinical psychologist and professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He has a clinical, research and theoretical interest in complex trauma, dissociative disorders and self-conscious emotions (e.g., shame). He has published peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and co-edited five books in the area of psychotraumatology, including most recently, Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorder, 2nd Ed (with Steve Gold and John O’Neil).

“This book runs a magnifying glass over the logic and conceptualisation of the link between dissociation and trauma, and the construct of dissociation more broadly. Few have taken such a bold and necessary step, and in this highly informative and engaging book, Boag offers clarity and guidance, writing with an accessible and unpretentious style. This book offers genuine insights into theory building and the construct of dissociation and sharpens further the most sophisticated model in the field, the Structural Theory of Dissociation. While addressing debates and engaging in useful theoretical housekeeping, this work also has major implications for understanding dissociation clinically and conceptually. Boag’s insights and clarity of thought are welcomed and significant additions to the trauma and dissociation fields.”

Martin Dorahy, PhD, DClinPsych, is a clinical psychologist and professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He has a clinical, research and theoretical interest in complex trauma, dissociative disorders and self-conscious emotions (e.g., shame). He has published peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and co-edited five books in the area of psychotraumatology, including most recently, Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorder, 2nd Ed (with Steve Gold and John O’Neil).

Simon Boag is Associate Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at Macquarie University, Australia. He has published extensively on the topics of personality psychology and psychodynamic theory and is the author of Metapsychology and the Foundations of Psychoanalysis and Freudian Repression, the Unconscious, and the Dynamics of Inhibition (both Routledge).

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ISBN 13	9780367428976
ISBN 10	0367428970
Title	Dissociation and the Dynamics of Personality
Author	Simon Boag
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2024-12-30
Number of pages	142
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