Moving beyond the comfort zone in psychotherapy

Author:Nancy A. Bridges

Summary:Presents a relational approach that integrates psychoanalytic thinking with the findings from infant research. This book give therapists the theoretical framework to orient the treatment and maintain psychic equilibrium and safety during times of arousing and destabilizing affect and relational scenarios.

Print Book, English, 2005

Publisher: Jason Aronson, Lanham, Md., 2005

Physical Description:xiv, 196 p.

ISBN:

9780765703446, 0765703440

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:474893164

Subjects:

Psychotherapist and patient

Psychotherapy Methodology

Psychothérapie Méthodologie

Relations psychothérapeutiques

Contents:

Chapter 1 Creating a Safe Place Chapter 2 Bounded Intimacy Chapter 3 Startling Affect and Relational Formulation of Experience Chapter 4 Self-Revelation in the Therapeutic Relationship: Balancing Expressiveness and Restraint Chapter 5 Exceptional Requests in the Therapeutic Relationship Chapter 6 The Role of Supervision and consultation in Making Meaning and Keeping One's Balance Chapter 7 References