Description
Book SynopsisIn this book, the authors focus on the importance of relationship in psychotherapy. Relationships between people form the basis of our daily lives. We require this contact with others, the sense of respect and value it produces, the relational needs it fulfills. As we face the inevitable traumas of life, large and small, our ability to make full contact with others is often disrupted. As this reduction in contact increases, relational needs go unfulfilled, producing psychological dysfunction. Beyond Empathy offers therapists a methodology for assisting people in rediscovering their ability to maintain genuine, contactful relationships and thus, better psychological health.
The authors describe an integrative psychotherapy approach that they have developed and now teach at the Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy in New York City. It draws from Rogers'' client-centered therapy, Berne''s transactional analysis, Perls'' Gestalt therapy, Kohut''s self psychology, and the work of
Table of ContentsRelational Needs. (Inquiry). Attunement. Involvement. Relational Needs. Through the Keyhole. Greta: Mother Come Home. Sarah: Therapy with a Regressed Client. Exploring the Function of Defenses. Therapy with the Introjected Other (Part I). Therapy with the Introjected Other (Part II). Integrative Psychotherapy with Couples. The Keyhole Revisited.
