Process of Psychotherapy

Taylor & Francis

The Process of PsychotherapyEmpirical Foundations and Systems of Analysis\nAuthor(s): Donald J. Kiesler\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138537842, 978-1138537842\nSynopsis\nTo understand the process of psychotherapeutic change, one must look for the answers in the psychotherapeutic process itself. This process involves the exchange of communications between two (or more) participants, and as a result of the exchange, modifications in the personality and behavior of the patient are expected to occur. But what is the nature of the therapeutic messages? How do they produce changes in the patient? What aspects of the messages are important for therapeutic change? And if the therapeutic force is somehow encoded in the messages, where shall we look for it- in sentence structure, in emotional overtones, in gestures and body movements?\n\nThe Process of Psychotherapy is divided into two major parts, dealing respectively.