Therapeutic Love and Heartfullness

This book introduces the concepts of 'therapeutic love' and 'heartfullness,' combining models of group analysis, art therapy and individual psychotherapy to present a new psychotherapeutic framework where non-erotic love is engendered and evoked within therapeutic encounters. The heart has often been conceptualised as symbolic of sexuality and eroticism, with little meaning beyond the romantic, and therefore often removed from psychotherapeutic perspectives. Responding to this, the author calls