1st Edition

How Does Psychotherapy Work?

By Jane Ryan Copyright 2005
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

It is said that the question "how does psychotherapy work?" cannot be answered conclusively - that we cannot reach into the depths of a deeply private relationship and pluck out a precise truth about what occurs within it. This book defies that notion. Here, the question is both beautifully explored and answered by leading psychotherapists from different schools to create a fascinating volume of... Read more
Introduction , The fifteen key ingredients of good psychotherapy , Relational perspectives on the therapeutic action of psychoanalysis , The questions we have to ask (ourselves) before we answer the question: How does psychotherapy work? , The psychotherapy relationship , Rhythm, reorientation, reversal: deep reorganization of the self in psychotherapy , When thought is not enough , Primal psychotherapy , Containment: the technical and the tacit in successful psychotherapy , The value of attachment theory in understanding how psychotherapy works , The big picture , Is the psychotherapist's authenticity a crucial key to therapeutic change?*

Biography

Jane Ryan