The Therapist's Use of Self

by Michael Jacobs and John Rowan

This book deals with what is perhaps the central question in therapy - who is the therapist? And how does that actually come across and manifest itself in the therapeutic relationship? A good deal of the thinking about this in psychoanalysis has come under the heading of countertransference. Much of the thinking in the humanistic approaches has come under such headings as empathy, genuineness, nonpossessive warmth, presence, personhood. These two...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335207766
• ISBN13: 9780335207763
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 7.9"