Allegories for Psychotherapy, Teaching, and Supervision : Windows, Landscapes, and Questions for the Traveler

This book explores the practice of psychotherapy, teaching, and supervision via allegory, metaphor, and myth. Based upon the author’s own extensive teaching and practice, Mark Kunkel takes the reader through a series of vignettes that are windows not only into reality, but also into the soul. The author's approach reflects his vocational commitment to an integration of conceptualization, affective involvement, and application. These allegories, parables, and myths serve to clarify and open important issues in teaching, psychotherapeutic, and clinical supervisory settings, and are intended to be allies in individual study and group discussion alike. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix An Abundance of Sweet (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 1-16 Beautiful Lies and Beautiful Truths (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 17-30 Breathing into the Self (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 31-43 “Contact” in Our Work (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 45-56 Cows, Milk, and Milking (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 57-70 Crickets and Seagulls (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 71-84 The Fourth Presence in the Fire (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 85-96 Gifts and Their Giving (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 97-111 Going In, and Coming Back (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 113-127 Good Medicine, Good Companions (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 129-141 Instructions to the Worker Bee (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 143-154 Juries, Evaluation, and the Game I’m Playing (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 155-166 Pillows of Faith (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 167-179 Pitfalls (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 181-191 Reactors (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 193-204 Sacred Shaping (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 205-213 Sirens and Masts (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 215-225 Still Honest? (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 227-237 The Stones in Our Chimneys (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 239-252 Three Musical Virtues (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 253-265 Tigers and What I Hold in My Hands (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 267-279 Wood and Blood (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 281-295 “Yay! You’re Almost There!” (Mark A. Kunkel)....Pages 297-310