Title:
Therapeutic communication : knowing what to say when / Paul L. Wachtel ; postscript by Ellen F. Wachtel.
Author:
Wachtel, Paul L., 1940-
Publication Information:
New York : Guilford Press, ©2011.
Call Number:
RC480.8 .W33 2011
Abstract:
"A uniquely practical guide and widely adopted text, this book shows precisely what therapists can say at key moments to enhance the process of healing and change. Paul Wachtel explains why some communications in therapy are particularly effective, while others that address essentially the same content may actually be countertherapeutic. He offers clear and specific guidelines for how to ask questions and make comments in ways that facilitate collaborative exploration and promote change. Illustrated with vivid case examples, the book is grounded in an integrative theory that draws from features of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, systemic, and experiential approaches"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic Access:
Full text available from MyiLibrary: Rutgers restricted
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781609181710
9781462513376
9781283077644
Physical Description:
xvi, 398 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Rethinking the talking cure: the therapist speaks too -- The continuing evolution of psychotherapy: new and converging developments in psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioral, systemic, and experiential approaches -- Attending to attachment: accelerating interest in the therapeutic implications of attachment theory and research -- Cyclical psychodynamics I: vicious and virtuous circles -- Cyclical psychodynamics II: anxiety, exposure, and interpretation -- Cyclical psychodynamics III: insight, the therapeutic relationship, and the world outside -- Accusatory and facilitative comments: criticism and permission in the therapeutic dialogue -- Exploration, not interrogation -- Building on the patient's strengths -- Affirmation and change -- Attribution and suggestion -- Reframing, relabeling, a paradox -- Therapist self-disclosure: prospects and pitfalls -- Achieving resolution of the patient's difficulties: resistance, working through, and following through -- Therapeutic communication with couples.
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