The Search for a Relational Home - 9781138796997

Taylor & Francis

The Search for a Relational HomeAn intersubjective view of therapeutic action\nAuthor(s): Chris Jaenicke\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138796997, 978-1138796997\nSynopsis\nIn The Search for a Relational Home, Chris Jaenicke gives the reader an inside view of what actually happens in psychotherapy and how change occurs. He describes how both participants the patient and the therapist feel, and how they affect each other. The reader is encouraged to vicariously partake in the process from the perspective of his or her own life experiences.\n\nThe book describes the nature of therapeutic action through a radicalized version of intersubjective systems theory. It demonstrates how psychotherapy is an outcome of a highly personal encounter between two unique human beings, and how, while the goal of psychoanalysis is to help the patient, this can only be achieved inasmuch as both participants are willing to undergo .