Self-restoration of People Living with HIV/AIDS in China

Hou, Rongting; Zhao, Hulin

This book adopts an approach based on relational psychoanalysis, developed in the USA in and since the 1990s and guided by the self-psychology championed by Kohut and the Post-Kohutians. How people infected with HIV/AIDS live their lives is a growing concern in China. The book, based on relational psychoanalysis, explores their self-restoration, and more specifically, how adopting an attitude of “dying to live” helps them face tremendous challenges in life. By interviewing selected individuals at a given organization, the author focuses on their life experiences and on corresponding interventional mechanisms. 

The book’s three most important features are as follows: 1) its application of self-psychology by Heinz Kohut into the context of psychological intervention; 2) a wealth of qualitative data gathered through in-depth interviews; and 3) the author’s self-reflection and analysis. The book offers a valuable guide for graduate students, researchers, and policymakers alike.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2020-10-28

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9789811574122

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-7413-9

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 172