Guilford Publications Paperback English
Psychodynamic Techniques, Second Edition
Working with Emotion in the Therapeutic Relationship
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Acclaimed for its practical guidance and candid, personal style, this instructive book is now in a revised and updated second edition. Karen J. Maroda explores the vital role of emotion processing in the therapeutic relationship and presents ways that therapists can work with emotions--both their own and the client's--to make treatment more effective. The book discusses how to become more attuned to one's own experience of a client, use direct feedback and self-disclosure constructively, and manage intense feelings and conflict in the relationship. Specific techniques are illustrated with vivid case material, including examples of both successful and unsuccessful interventions. New to This Edition Chapter on transference and extratransference. Chapter on the ethics of self-disclosure. Significantly revised chapter on regression. Updated throughout with over 15 years of developments in theory and research.
Acclaimed for its practical guidance and candid, personal style, this instructive book is now in a revised and updated second edition. Karen J. Maroda explores the vital role of emotion processing in the therapeutic relationship and presents ways that therapists can work with emotions--both their own and the client's--to make treatment more effective. The book discusses how to become more attuned to one's own experience of a client, use direct feedback and self-disclosure constructively, and manage intense feelings and conflict in the relationship. Specific techniques are illustrated with vivid case material, including examples of both successful and unsuccessful interventions. New to This Edition Chapter on transference and extratransference. Chapter on the ethics of self-disclosure. Significantly revised chapter on regression. Updated throughout with over 15 years of developments in theory and research.