Description
Book SynopsisTherapeutic presence allows mental health practitioners to engage more deeply with their clients and build a healing therapeutic alliance. This book outlines easy-to-use exercises that clinicians can implement in sessions and in their daily lives to develop therapeutic presence.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- I. Theory
- Therapeutic Presence: The Foundation for Effective Therapy
- History of Therapeutic Presence
- Neurophysiology of Therapeutic Presence
- II. Presence Skills in Session
- Preparing for Presence Prior to Session
- Receptively Attuning With Clients and Ourselves
- Extending, Responding, and Promoting Contact With ClientsBarriers and Challenges to Presence
- III. Presence Practices for Daily Life
- Preparing the Ground for Presence: Mindfulness and Experiential Exercises
- Strengthening the Therapeutic Presence Process: Receptivity, Inward Attuning, Extending, and Contact Exercises
- Deepening the Experience of Therapeutic Presence: Grounding, Immersion, Expansion, and Compassion Exercises
- IV. Integrating In-Life and Therapeutic Presence
- Therapeutic Relational Presence: Relationship as a Pathway to Spirituality
- Continuing the Journey: Teaching and Expanding Therapeutic Presence
- Appendix A: Additional Resources for Cultivating Presence
- Appendix B: Markers of Therapists' Presence
- Appendix C: Markers of Clients' Safety
- Appendix D: A Model for Optimizing Presence in Your Therapy Session
- References
- Index
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