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Vulnerable Moments: Deepening the Therapeutic Process

By Martin S. Livingston

Book information

Publisher
Inc., Jason Aronson
Year
2001
ISBN
0765703106, 9780765703101
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3768755 bytes)
Pages
299\310
Topic
Psychology
Time added
2016-09-23 21:36:55
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Description

The therapeutic process requires both the willingness to be vulnerable and the capacity to tolerate it despite the risks involved. Martin S. Livingston reminds us that it is not just the patient who needs to take these risks, but the therapist as well. Those clinicians who avoid vulnerability via the protective detachment of their professional role cannot engage in a fully responsive, emotionally present way to the fragile, often fleeting, moments when both anxiety and openness to change are greatest. LivingstonOs focus on narcissistic vulnerability and its power to transform in psychotherapy comes alive in the bookOs abundant and vivid clinical examples. Material from individual, group, and couples treatment demonstrates how attention to the vicissitudes of this important aspect of the therapeutic process can have a profound impact. This is a deeply felt and beautifully written tribute to the bravery of patients and therapists alike in their very human search for connection.

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