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The concept of the real or personal relationship between client and therapist has existed since the earliest days of psychotherapy. Yet the real relationshipwith its twin components of genuineness and realism has often been misunderstood or ignored. Instead, psychotherapy research has focused largely on the concepts of the working alliance and of transference and counter-transference. In this engaging book, Charles J. Gelso argues the case for the relevance of the real relationship to successful therapeutic outcomes.

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Preface

  1. Contextualizing the Real Relationship in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
  2. Genuineness Throughout the Decades
  3. The Reality of the Other
  4. A Theory of the Real Relationship in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
  5. The Real Relationship Within the Psychotherapy Hour
  6. Measuring the Real Relationship
  7. Emerging Research Findings About the Real Relationship in the Process and Outcome of Psychotherapy
  8. Closing Reflections on the Real Relationship in Psychotherapy

References

Index

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The Real Relationship in Psychotherapy

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      Publisher: American Psychological Association
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/09/2010
      ISBN13: 9781433808678, 978-1433808678
      ISBN10: 1433808676

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The concept of the real or personal relationship between client and therapist has existed since the earliest days of psychotherapy. Yet the real relationshipwith its twin components of genuineness and realism has often been misunderstood or ignored. Instead, psychotherapy research has focused largely on the concepts of the working alliance and of transference and counter-transference. In this engaging book, Charles J. Gelso argues the case for the relevance of the real relationship to successful therapeutic outcomes.

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      1. Contextualizing the Real Relationship in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
      2. Genuineness Throughout the Decades
      3. The Reality of the Other
      4. A Theory of the Real Relationship in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
      5. The Real Relationship Within the Psychotherapy Hour
      6. Measuring the Real Relationship
      7. Emerging Research Findings About the Real Relationship in the Process and Outcome of Psychotherapy
      8. Closing Reflections on the Real Relationship in Psychotherapy

      References

      Index

      About the Author

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