Psychotherapy and Personal Change - 9780367621988

Taylor & Francis

Psychotherapy and Personal ChangeTwo Minds in a Mirror\nAuthor(s): Ahron Friedberg, Sandra Sherman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367621988, 978-0367621988\nSynopsis\nPsychotherapy and Personal Change: Two Minds in a Mirror offers unique day-to-day accounts of patients undergoing psychotherapy and what happens during \""talk therapy\"" to startle the complacent, conscious mind and expose the unconscious. It is a candid, moment-by-moment revelation of how the therapists own memories, feelings, and doubts are often as much a factor in the process as those of the patient.\n\nIn the process of healing, both the therapist and the patient reflect on each other and on themselves. As the therapist develops empathy for the patient, and the patient develops trust in the therapist, their shared memories, feelings, and associations interact and entwine almost kaleidoscopically causing each to ask questions of the other and.