Relational Psychotherapy: A Primer

by DeYoung; Patricia A.

• ISBN13: 9780415944335
• ISBN10: 0415944333
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-02-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Relational Psychotherapy: A Primeradvances the understanding of this comprehensive, reliable model of treatment as it follows the trajectory of the therapy process from beginning to end. Using clear language and warm human terms, experienced therapist and teacher Patricia DeYoung addresses the challenges and rewards of doing relational therapy. She presents relational therapy against a wide range of contemporary psychotherapies, weaving a working synthesis of self psychology, intersubjective theory, various psychoanalytically informed developmental theories, relational psychoanalysis, and feminist self-in-relation theory.Relational Psychotherapyis an essential reference text for both therapists and students, while its personal and lucid writing style make it easily accessible to clients interested in learning more about psychotherapy.

Author Biography

Patricia A. DeYoung, M.S.W., Ph.D., is a founding faculty member of the Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy. She maintains a private clinical and supervisory practice in Toronto, specializing in relational modes of individual and couples therapy

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Introduction	vii
Relational Therapy and Its Contexts	1	(44)
Beginning with the Basics: Structure, Ethics, and Empathy	45	(24)
Assessment: What's Wrong When Your Client Feels Bad?	69	(34)
Between Past and Present, Memory and Now	103	(30)
The Terribly Hard Part of Relational Psychotherapy	133	(30)
The Wonderfully Good Part of Relational Psychotherapy	163	(34)
Ending and Going On	197	(16)
References	213	(3)
Index	216