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The gift of therapy : an open letter to a new generation of therapists and their patients
Author
Title
The gift of therapy : an open letter to a new generation of therapists and their patients / Irvin D. Yalom.
ISBN
0066214408
9780066214405
0060938110
9780060938116
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : HarperCollins, ©2002.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
An acclaimed psychological thinker provides wisdom and insights for successful therapy.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-263) and index.
Contents
Remove the Obstacles to Growth
Avoid Diagnosis (Except for Insurance Companies)
Therapist and Patient as "Fellow Travelers"
Engage the Patient
Be Supportive
Empathy: Looking Out the Patient's Window
Teach Empathy
Let the Patient Matter to You
Acknowledge Your Errors
Create a New Therapy for Each Patient
The Therapeutic Act, Not the Therapeutic Word
Engage in Personal Therapy
The Therapist Has Many Patients; The Patient, One Therapist
The Here-and-Now
Use It, Use It, Use It
Why Use the Here-and-Now?
Using the Here-and-Now
Grow Rabbit Ears
Search for Here-and-Now Equivalents
Working Through Issues in the Here-and-Now
The Here-and-Now Energizes Therapy
Use Your Own Feelings as Data
Frame Here-and-Now Comments Carefully
All Is Grist for the Here-and-Now Mill
Check into the Here-and-Now Each Hour
What Lies Have You Told Me?
Blank Screen? Forget It! Be Real
Three Kinds of Therapist Self-Disclosure
The Mechanism of Therapy
Be Transparent
Revealing Here-and-Now Feelings
Use Discretion
Revealing the Therapist's Personal Life
Use Caution
Revealing Your Personal Life
Caveats
Therapist Transparency and Universality
Patients Will Resist Your Disclosure
Avoid the Crooked Cure
On Taking Patients Further Than You Have Gone
On Being Helped by Your Patient
Encourage Patient Self-Disclosure
Feedback in Psychotherapy
Provide Feedback Effectively and Gently
Increase Receptiveness to Feedback by Using "Parts."
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Psychotherapy.
Physician-Patient Relations.
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