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Book SynopsisThe Heart of Healing is a comprehensive exploration of the essence of healing in human relationships--whether between a shaman and tribesmember, between clergy and parishoner, or a therapist and client--that pushes beyond traditional and limiting theoretical models toward a deeper, broader understanding of how to harness, enhance, and apply this powerful phenonmenon to achieve its fullest potential in diverse clinical settings.
Drawing on cross-cultural and interdisciplinary empirical research and numerous revealing case studies from their own therapy practices, the authors present a variety of innovative models for understanding and fostering relationships with clients that engender constructive change--and that can be used regardless of theoretical orientation, cultural background, or clinical setting. Pulling together the essential threads that weave the intricate fabric of the client-therapist relationship, they examine through first-hand accounts how the personal rela
Table of ContentsPart One: Understanding Healing Relationships
1. Paradoxes in Therapy
2. Personal and Therapeutic Relationships
3. Relationships in the Life of the Therapist
4. Diversity and Multiculturalism
Part Two: Conceptual Puzzles
5. Maps of Relationships
6. Being Authentic
7. Impress Me, Influence Me
8. Ghosts in the Room
9. Black Holes and the Patterns That Connect
Part Three: Clinical Challenges
10. The Nature of Healing in Relationships
11. Using the Relationship Advantageously
12. When Therapeutic Relationships Don't Work
13. The Future of Relationships in Therapy
