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Working at relational depth in counselling and psychotherapy / Dave Mearns and Mick Cooper.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: xv, 183 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0761944575
  • 9780761944577
  • 0761944583
  • 9780761944584
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.8914
Contents:
1. Towards a relational therapy -- 2. Psychological distress : a relational understanding -- 3. The nature and experience of relational depth in counselling and psychotherapy -- 4. Reaching the parts ... -- 5. Working with Dominic : a 'partial' drunk -- 6. Earning the right to work with Rick : a traumatised client -- 7. Facilitating a meeting at relational depth -- 8. The therapist's developmental agenda -- 9. Towards a revolution.
Summary: "Working at Relational Depth in Counseling and Psychotherapy is a groundbreaking text which goes to the very heart of the therapeutic meeting between therapist and client. Focusing on the concept of 'relational depth,' authors Dave Mearns and Mick Cooper describe a form of encounter in which therapist and client experience profound feelings of contact and engagement with each other and in which the client has an opportunity to explore whatever is experienced as most fundamental to her or his existence. ; ; Drawing from their own practice, interviews with therapists and a diverse range of theoretical and empirical sources, the authors address the key question of how therapists can meet their clients at a level of relational depth. They show how different aspects of the therapist combine to facilitate a relationally-deep encounter, highlight the various personal `blocks? which may be encountered along the way, and introduce new therapeutic concepts ? such as ?holistic listening? ? which can help therapists to meet their clients at this level.; ; Two powerful case studies ? a client with a drink problem and a traumatized client ? have been selected to illustrate key aspects of working at relational depth. Like many of the ideas discussed in this book, the case studies represent a challenge to conventional thinking about the therapist-client relationship and the nature of the therapeutic process. ; ; Eagerly awaited by many counselors and psychotherapists, Working at Relational Depth in Counseling and Psychotherapy is a source of fresh thinking and stimulating ideas about the therapeutic encounter which are relevant to trainees and practitioners of all orientations."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-174) and index.

1. Towards a relational therapy -- 2. Psychological distress : a relational understanding -- 3. The nature and experience of relational depth in counselling and psychotherapy -- 4. Reaching the parts ... -- 5. Working with Dominic : a 'partial' drunk -- 6. Earning the right to work with Rick : a traumatised client -- 7. Facilitating a meeting at relational depth -- 8. The therapist's developmental agenda -- 9. Towards a revolution.

"Working at Relational Depth in Counseling and Psychotherapy is a groundbreaking text which goes to the very heart of the therapeutic meeting between therapist and client. Focusing on the concept of 'relational depth,' authors Dave Mearns and Mick Cooper describe a form of encounter in which therapist and client experience profound feelings of contact and engagement with each other and in which the client has an opportunity to explore whatever is experienced as most fundamental to her or his existence. ; ; Drawing from their own practice, interviews with therapists and a diverse range of theoretical and empirical sources, the authors address the key question of how therapists can meet their clients at a level of relational depth. They show how different aspects of the therapist combine to facilitate a relationally-deep encounter, highlight the various personal `blocks? which may be encountered along the way, and introduce new therapeutic concepts ? such as ?holistic listening? ? which can help therapists to meet their clients at this level.; ; Two powerful case studies ? a client with a drink problem and a traumatized client ? have been selected to illustrate key aspects of working at relational depth. Like many of the ideas discussed in this book, the case studies represent a challenge to conventional thinking about the therapist-client relationship and the nature of the therapeutic process. ; ; Eagerly awaited by many counselors and psychotherapists, Working at Relational Depth in Counseling and Psychotherapy is a source of fresh thinking and stimulating ideas about the therapeutic encounter which are relevant to trainees and practitioners of all orientations."--Publisher description.

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