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The Embodied Psychotherapist

By Robert Shaw

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
9780203420812, 9781583912690, 0203420810, 158391269X, 1583912681, 9781583912683
LCC
RC480.8 .S52 2003
Open Library ID
OL22545511M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1341643 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
184\180
Topic
Medicine Therapy
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The therapist's body is a vital part of the therapeutic encounter, yet there is an inherent inadequacy in current psychotherapeutic discourse to describe the bodily phenomena. Until recently, for instance, the whole area of touch in psychotherapy has been given very little attention. The Embodied Psychotherapist uses accounts of therapists' own experiences to address this inadequacy in discourse, and provides strategies for incorporating these feelings into therapeutic work with clients. Drawing on these personal accounts, it also discusses the experiences that can be communicated to the therapist during the encounter.This description and exploration of how practitioners use their bodily feelings within the therapeutic encounter book will be valuable for all psychotherapists and counsellors.

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