Ariadne's Thread Case Studies in the Therapeutic Relationship

by Cowan, Eric

• ISBN13: 9780618370283
• ISBN10: 0618370285
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-20
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This casebook provides a personal account of the struggles a counselor encounters in everyday clinical practice. Each of the eight studies, thoughtfully detailed by Dr. Cowan from his own experience, illuminates the therapist/client relationship. Follow-up discussions tie each case and the therapist's technique to counseling theory and practice. A final conclusion links all cases and the related discourse together.

Table of Contents

Prologue	v
Once, My Lovely	1	(35)
Discussion: The Human Context of Therapy	25	(11)
Daddy Dearest	36	(45)
Discussion: Transference and Countertransference	71	(10)
Fighter Pilot	81	(29)
Discussion: Narrative and Constructivism	103	(7)
Truth Is a Razor	110	(39)
Discussion: Resistance and Empathy	139	(10)
The Many Chambered Heart	149	(48)
Discussion: Anxiety, Defenses, and Guilt	183	(14)
Oh Mother, Where Art Thou?	197	(56)
Discussion: Interpersonal Origins of Self-Experience	241	(12)
As I Walked Out in the Streets of Laredo	253	(48)
Discussion: Psychotherapy and Change: Some Principles	288	(13)
The Dance of Nayana	301	(33)
Discussion: Intersubjectivity and Culture	327	(7)
Conclusion	334	(10)
References	344	(4)
Name Index	348	(2)
Subject Index	350