How clients make therapy work : the process of active self-healing / Arthur C. Bohart and Karen Tallman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bohart, Arthur C., author.

Contributor:

Tallman, Karen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy.

Patient participation.

Patient Participation.

Medical Subjects:

Psychotherapy.

Patient Participation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [1999]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

In this book, the authors challenge the medical model of the psychotherapist as healer who merely applies the proper nostrum to make the client well. They see the therapist as a coach, collaborator, and teacher who frees up the client's innate tendency to heal. The self-healing tendency of the client usually overrides differences in technique or theoretical approach, which is why research continually finds different approaches to therapy work about equally well. If the client is the driver of change, how can therapists help? Often, by simply providing an empathic workspace that allows the client's capacity for generative thinking to thrive. The authors share tips for dealing with client resistance, passivity, and maladaptive behavior. This book will be of interest to those who care about the nature of therapeutic change. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-328) and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 1999. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s1999 dcunns.

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