Transforming Negative Reactions to Clients
From Frustration to Compassion
Will be published approx. on 15. August 2012
Book
Hardback
298 pages
978-1-4338-1187-6 (ISBN)
Description
Transforming Negative Reactions to Clients will help therapists-established and novice-understand and constructively use the wide range of interfering feelings they experience in their working alliance with challenging patients. Contributors to this edited volume explore therapists amp rsquo negative reactions across major therapeutic approaches and across various disorders, including borderline personality disorder the concluding chapter contains practice and training recommendations.
Geared toward practicing psychotherapists and supervisors of apprentice therapists, the book draws on integrative and relational psychotherapy, research on the therapeutic alliance, and social psychology research on the reattribution of motive.
Geared toward practicing psychotherapists and supervisors of apprentice therapists, the book draws on integrative and relational psychotherapy, research on the therapeutic alliance, and social psychology research on the reattribution of motive.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4338-1187-6 (9781433811876)
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Persons
Abraham W. Wolf, PhD, is a professor of psychology in psychiatry at the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, and the former director of Psychotherapy Training at MetroHealth Medical Center. Dr. Wolf is a fellow and past president of APA's Division 29 (Division of Psychotherapy). He is the author of numerous articles in psychotherapy and health psychology. He is a consulting editor for Psychotherapy, Professional Psychology, Psychotherapy Research, and the Journal of Sex amp amp Marital Therapy.
Marvin R. Goldfried, PhD, is a distinguished professor of psychology at Stony Brook University. He is the recipient of numerous awards from various psychological associations, a past president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research and the Society of Clinical Psychology, and the current president of APA's Division 29 (Division of Psychotherapy). He is the founder of the journal In Session and the author of numerous articles and books. Dr. Goldfried is a cofounder of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, and the founder of AFFIRM: Psychologists Affirming Their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Family.
J. Christopher Muran, PhD, is the associate dean and a professor at the Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, and the director of the Psychotherapy Research Program, Beth Israel Medical Center. Supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health, his research has resulted in numerous publications, including such books as The Therapeutic Alliance in Brief Psychotherapy, Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance: A Relational Treatment Guide, Self-Relations in the Psychotherapy Process, Dialogues on Difference: Diversity Studies of the Therapeutic Relationship, The Therapeutic Alliance: An Evidence-Based Guide to Practice, and Bringing Psychotherapy Research to Life: Understanding Change Through the Work of Leading Clinical Researchers. He is a fellow of APA and the managing editor of Psychotherapy Research.
Marvin R. Goldfried, PhD, is a distinguished professor of psychology at Stony Brook University. He is the recipient of numerous awards from various psychological associations, a past president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research and the Society of Clinical Psychology, and the current president of APA's Division 29 (Division of Psychotherapy). He is the founder of the journal In Session and the author of numerous articles and books. Dr. Goldfried is a cofounder of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, and the founder of AFFIRM: Psychologists Affirming Their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Family.
J. Christopher Muran, PhD, is the associate dean and a professor at the Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, and the director of the Psychotherapy Research Program, Beth Israel Medical Center. Supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health, his research has resulted in numerous publications, including such books as The Therapeutic Alliance in Brief Psychotherapy, Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance: A Relational Treatment Guide, Self-Relations in the Psychotherapy Process, Dialogues on Difference: Diversity Studies of the Therapeutic Relationship, The Therapeutic Alliance: An Evidence-Based Guide to Practice, and Bringing Psychotherapy Research to Life: Understanding Change Through the Work of Leading Clinical Researchers. He is a fellow of APA and the managing editor of Psychotherapy Research.
Content
Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Abraham W. Wolf, Marvin R. Goldfried, and J. Christopher Muran
I. Negative Reactions Across Therapeutic Approaches
Power Plays, Negotiation, and Mutual Recognition in the Therapeutic Alliance: amp quot I Never Met a Patient I Didn't Like amp hellip Eventually amp quot
J. Christopher Muran and Clara Hungr
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Rich but Implicit Relational Framework Within Which to Deal With Therapist Frustrations
Phillip G. Levendusky and David H. Rosmarin
Therapist Negative Reactions: A Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy Perspective
Robert Elliott
Difficulties With Clients in Gottman Method Couples Therapy
John M. Gottman and Julie S. Gottman
Managing Negative Reactions to Clients in Conjoint Therapy: It's Not All in the Family
Laurie Heatherington, Myrna L. Friedlander, and Valent amp iacute n Escudero
Compassion Amidst Oppression: Increasing Cultural Competence for Managing Difficult Dialogues in Psychotherapy
Laura S. Brown
II. Borderline Personality Disorder
Therapist Compassion: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Perspective
Shelley McMain and Carmen Wiebe
Managing Negative Reactions to Clients With Borderline Personality Disorder in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
John F. Clarkin and Frank Yeomans
III. Managing Negative Reactions Across Other Disorders
Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy: Working With Reactions to Chronically Depressed Clients
Hanna Levenson
Pattern Recognition in the Treatment of Narcissistic Disorders: Countertransference From a Unified Perspective
Jeffrey J. Magnavita
Negative Reactions to Substance-Using Clients: Where the Reactions Come From, What They Are, and What to Do About Them
Frederick Rotgers
Conclusion and Clinical Guidelines
Abraham W. Wolf, Marvin R. Goldfried, and J. Christopher Muran
Index
About the Editors
Preface
Introduction
Abraham W. Wolf, Marvin R. Goldfried, and J. Christopher Muran
I. Negative Reactions Across Therapeutic Approaches
Power Plays, Negotiation, and Mutual Recognition in the Therapeutic Alliance: amp quot I Never Met a Patient I Didn't Like amp hellip Eventually amp quot
J. Christopher Muran and Clara Hungr
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Rich but Implicit Relational Framework Within Which to Deal With Therapist Frustrations
Phillip G. Levendusky and David H. Rosmarin
Therapist Negative Reactions: A Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy Perspective
Robert Elliott
Difficulties With Clients in Gottman Method Couples Therapy
John M. Gottman and Julie S. Gottman
Managing Negative Reactions to Clients in Conjoint Therapy: It's Not All in the Family
Laurie Heatherington, Myrna L. Friedlander, and Valent amp iacute n Escudero
Compassion Amidst Oppression: Increasing Cultural Competence for Managing Difficult Dialogues in Psychotherapy
Laura S. Brown
II. Borderline Personality Disorder
Therapist Compassion: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Perspective
Shelley McMain and Carmen Wiebe
Managing Negative Reactions to Clients With Borderline Personality Disorder in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
John F. Clarkin and Frank Yeomans
III. Managing Negative Reactions Across Other Disorders
Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy: Working With Reactions to Chronically Depressed Clients
Hanna Levenson
Pattern Recognition in the Treatment of Narcissistic Disorders: Countertransference From a Unified Perspective
Jeffrey J. Magnavita
Negative Reactions to Substance-Using Clients: Where the Reactions Come From, What They Are, and What to Do About Them
Frederick Rotgers
Conclusion and Clinical Guidelines
Abraham W. Wolf, Marvin R. Goldfried, and J. Christopher Muran
Index
About the Editors