Therapist and Client A Relational Approach to

An accessible and integrative approach to psychotherapy, Patrick Nolan's text outlines ways in which therapists can fit their therapy to the needs of their clients. Based on the premise that the psychotherapy is best served by individual tailoring, chapters cover theoretical approaches and traditions to find a balance between structuring and adapting. The text stresses the importance of therapists remaining present to clients through periods of high anxiety in order to make the client feel understood. Only through the mutual difficulty of the interactive client-therapist process can in-depth therapy happen.

Patrick Nolan is a Psychotherapist and the Director of the Irish Institute for Integrated Psychotherapy. He is co-editor of Object Relations and Integrative Psychotherapy: Tradition and Innovation in Theory and Practice (2002) and has written about integrative, psychoanalytic and body psychotherapy in numerous publications.

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Applying Findings from Infant Research	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Intersubjectivity	p. 3
References	p. 24
The Interpersonal Relationship	p. 27
Introduction	p. 27
The Evolution of a Relational Approach	p. 28
The Therapist: Self with Other	p. 30
Reflecting on Self and Other	p. 42
Repairing the Relationship	p. 45
References	p. 51
Potential Space, Creativity and Play	p. 54
Introduction	p. 54
Intersubjectivity - the Realm of Potential Space	p. 55
The Therapeutic Space	p. 56
Creativity and Play	p. 65
References	p. 84
The Intersubjective Experience	p. 86
Introduction	p. 86
Defining and Exploring the Intersubjective Experience	p. 90
References	p. 104
The Relational Body-Mind	p. 106
Introduction	p. 106
The Nature of the Relational Body-Mind	p. 109
A Relational Body-Mind Perspective	p. 112
Five Modes of Experience, Function and Expression	p. 114
Taking a Body-Mind Stance	p. 119
Relational Body-Mind Therapy	p. 121
Transference-Countertransference and the Body-Mind	p. 131
'Fragile' Clients	p. 132
References	p. 134
Working with Trauma and Fragile Clients	p. 137
Introduction	p. 137
Therapy for the Traumatized Body-Mind	p. 138
Working with Fragile Clients	p. 149
References	p. 157
Adapting Therapy to the Client: A Relational Approach	p. 159
Introduction	p. 159
Assessment	p. 163
Creating the Therapeutic Frame	p. 171
Tailoring the Therapist's Stance	p. 174
Choosing a Level	p. 184
Staying Adaptable and Relational	p. 189
Arriving at an Individual Style	p. 192
References	p. 194
Index	p. 197
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