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I Shop Therefore I Am: Compulsive Buying and the Search for Self(English)

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Compulsive buying is a serious, often secretive affliction, with profound emotional, social, occupational, and financial consequences. As many as a quarter of us have problems with buying, and studies suggest that between one and six percent of the population are full-fledged compulsive buyers. I Shop,Therefore I Am: Compulsive Buying and the Search for Self brings together, for the first time, the most important thinking about this disorder. As more and more therapists encounter compulsive buying (whether as a presenting problem or revealed in the course of ongoing therapy), the need for an in-depth clinical understanding of the disorder has grown. Dr. Benson has responded admirably to that need with a practical, comprehensive, and wonderfully readable work.

While the book focuses a wide-angled lens on the many aspects of compulsive buying, it emphasizes understanding the disorder as a desperate search for self in people whose identity is not securely established. It defines the syndrome of compulsive consumption, examines the range and variations within it, discusses assessment and associated disorders, and delineates successful treatment modalities. Offering insights from a broad spectrum of therapies–psychopharmacology, psychodynamic therapy, cognitive-behavioral treatment, couples and group therapy, self-help, and financial counseling–this book is an indispensable toolbox for the increasing number of therapists who see patients with shopping, buying, or debting problems.
A Jason Aronson Book



Table of Contents:

Part 1 Part I: An Overview
Chapter 2 When Money Is the Drug
Chapter 3 A Systematic Investigation into Compulsive Buying
Part 4 Shopping, Buying, and Selfhood
Chapter 5 Shopaholics, Spendaholics, and the Question of Gender
Chapter 6 Are We What We Own?
Chapter 7 The Role of Self-Image in Excessive Buying
Chapter 8 Clothes, Inside Out
Part 9 Part III: Special Issues in Compulsive Buying
Chapter 10 Collecting as Reparation
Chapter 11 Giving until It Hurts
Part 12 Part IV: Psychiatric Considerations
Chapter 13 Assessment of Compulsive Buying
Chapter 14 Diagnosis, Associated Disorders, and Drug Treatment
Part 15 Part V: Psychodynamic Theory and Technique
Chapter 16 Compulsive Buying as an Addiction
Chapter 17 When Eating and Shopping Are Companion Disorders
Chapter 18 The Use of Money as an Action Symptom
Chapter 19 Clothes and the Couch
Part 20 Part VI: Couples Treatment and Group Therapy
Chapter 21 Overcoming Overspending in Couples
Chapter 22 Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Buying Disorder
Chapter 23 Psychoeducational Group Therapy for Money Disorders
Part 24 Part VII: Treatment Adjuncts
Chapter 25 Debtors Anonymous and Psychotherapy
Chapter 26 Financial Recovery Counseling
Chapter 27 Simplicity Circles and the Compulsive Shopper


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780765702425
  • Publisher: Jason Aronson Publishers
  • Publisher Imprint: Jason Aronson Publishers
  • Depth: 38
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 41 mm
  • Weight: 874 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0765702428
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jul 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 240 mm
  • No of Pages: 528
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Compulsive Buying and the Search for Self
  • Width: 162 mm


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