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Therapeutic 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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A Practical Guide to Cultivating Therapeutic

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      Publisher: American Psychological Association
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/03/2017
      ISBN13: 9781433827167, 978-1433827167
      ISBN10: 1433827166
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Therapeutic 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
      About the Author

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