Learn to tackle the challenge and frustration of working with the patient who eludes the good intentions of even the most seasoned therapist--the remote patient. This book is a treasury of insights, clinical theory, and experiences of seasoned therapists who are eager to describe their journey of frustration and accomplishments with this most shadowy of patients. Experts share their wisdom about these patients who are often thought of as being unworkable because they appear uninterested and ungrateful. A bundle of paradoxes,wanting and avoiding contact, being both present and absent at the same time, the remote patient has the ability to undermine the therapist's confidence and sense of effectiveness.
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Contents Remote Presence: A Preface
Introduction: Hidden in One's Terror
When the Mind Begins to Fade
Romancing Remoteness in Psychotherapy
Black Holes Only Have Room for One
Making Contact: The Remote Patient and the Schizoid Dilemma
Possibility Patients Keeping at a Distance From Life: An Autistic Defense Against a Symbiotic Wish
The Healing of There and Then
So Far, Yet So Near: Work With the Remote Patient As a Close Encounter in Disguise
Remote: Distance From Self and Others
The Remote Patient as a Symptom of Personality Disorder
Being Oneself and Being There
Castration Anxiety and the Invisible Man
Remoteness: Reflections Through Case Studies
Remote Patient or Remote Therapist: The Chicken or the Egg Revisited
The Macho Father and His Son: A Study in Ritualized Remoteness
Client Remoteness Through Mystery: Case History and Treatment of an Apparent Embezzler
Field Trips in the Treatment of Multiple Personality Disorder
The Remote Patient: Implications and Therapeutic Approaches
Strangers in a Strange Land: Working Within the Sphere of the Remote Psychotherapy Group
