Therapist and Client: A Relational Approach to Psychotherapy provides a guideto the fundamental interpersonal elements of the therapeutic relationship that make it the most effective factor in therapy.Presents the fundamental interpersonal elements that make the therapeutic relationship the most effective factor in psychotherapyExplores and integrates a range of approaches from variousschools, from psychoanalysis to body-oriented psychotherapy and humanistic psychotherapiesOffers clear and practical explanations of the intersubjective aspects of therapyDemonstrates the pivotal need to work in the present moment inorder to effect change and tailor therapy to the clientProvides detailed casestudies and numerous practical applications of infant research and the unified body-mind perspective increasingly revealed by neuroscience INDICE: Foreword ixPreface xiiiAcknowledgements xvIntroduction xvii1 Applying Findings from Infant Research 1Introduction 1Intersubjectivity 3References242 The Interpersonal Relationship 27Introduction 27The Evolution of a Relational Approach 28The Therapist: Self with Other 30Reflecting on Self and Other 42Repairing the Relationship 45References 513 Potential Space, Creativity and Play 54Introduction 54Intersubjectivity - the Realm of Potential Space 55The Therapeutic Space 56Creativity and Play 65References 844 The Intersubjective Experience 86Introduction 86Defining and Exploring the Intersubjective Experience 90References 1045 The Relational Body-Mind 106Introduction 106The Nature of the Relational Body-Mind 109A Relational Body-Mind Perspective 112Five Modes of Experience, Function and Expression 114Taking a Body-Mind Stance 119Relational Body-Mind Therapy 121Transference-Countertransference and the Body-Mind 131‘Fragile’ Clients 132References 1346 Working with Trauma and Fragile Clients 137Introduction 137Therapy for the Traumatized Body-Mind 138Working with Fragile Clients 149References 1577 Adapting Therapy to the Client: A Relational Approach 159Introduction 159Assessment 163Creating the Therapeutic Frame 171Tailoring the Therapist's Stance 174Choosing a Level 184Staying Adaptable and Relational 189Arriving at an Individual Style 192References 194Index 197
- ISBN: 978-1-118-30745-8
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 230
- Fecha Publicación: 10/04/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés