"A uniquely practical guide and widely adopted text, this book shows precisely what therapists can say at key moments to enhance the process of healing and change. Paul Wachtel explains why some communications in therapy are particularly effective, while others that address esse…
The Possible Profession: The Analytic Process of Change takes a fresh look at the many forms of unconscious communication that take place in the analytic situation. Bringing together two decades of the author's previous writing as well as a considerable amount of new material, t…
The concept of the real or personal relationship between client and therapist has existed since the earliest days of psychotherapy. Yet the real relationship--with its twin components of genuineness (the intent to avoid deception, including self-deception) and realism (perceivin…
"The concept of the real or personal relationship between client and therapist has existed since the earliest days of psychotherapy. Yet the real relationship--with its twin components of genuineness (the intent to avoid deception, including self-deception) and realism (perceivi…
Erotic Revelations: Clinical Applications and Perverse Scenarios delves into erotic desires and fantasies ... above all, how our sexuality expresses our inner being and defines the ways in which we engage in the psychoanalytic situation. Andrea Celenza addresses the 'desexualiza…
"Erotic Revelations: Clinical Applications and Perverse Scenarios delves into erotic desires and fantasies ... above all, how our sexuality expresses our inner being and defines the ways in which we engage in the psychoanalytic situation. Andrea Celenza addresses the 'desexualiz…
Resistance is the word for a patient's defense mechanisms encountered in psychotherapy. They protect the individual from a variety of conscious or unconscious intrapsychic or interpersonal dangers, but interfere with the process of exploration and discovery, causing an impasse i…
"This book is written for the professional psychotherapist who may be puzzled as to why work with a particular patient or client is going nowhere. It brings to the therapist's attention a wide variety of these defenses, these resistances, so that they can be addressed and resolv…
"Therapists are used to asking questions, not answering them. What Do I Say? shows how client questions--no matter how difficult or uncomfortable--can be used to support the therapeutic process rather than derail the therapist-client relationship. Jargon-free and conversational …
Originally broadcast as a BBC Radio 4 series, here the improvised dialogue is replicated as a playscript, and Orbach offers us the experience of reading along with a session, while revealing what is going on behind each exchange between analyst and client.--From publisher.
