Listening to the Melody of the Mind The

Psychotherapy has been described humorously as the art of practicing a science that doesn't exist. Rima Brauer and Gerald Faris submit that the practice of psychodynamic psychotherapy draws on both art and science. To tap into the great body of research in such areas means that the well-read psychotherapist must be able to assimilate contributions from a rather broad array of specialities. This is a daunting task and is not for the intellectually faint of heart. Listening to the Melody of the Mind attempts to provide a comprehensive exploration of the person who is the therapist. Book jacket.

Rima Brauer maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in West Hartford, Connecticut Gerald Faris is a clinical psychologist currently in private practice in Glastonbury, Connecticut

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction
Two Minds Establish a Psychotherapy	p. 3
How the Talking Cure Works	p. 11
When the Therapist Is Good Enough	p. 15
When the Therapist Isn't Good Enough	p. 19
Authenticity	p. 23
The Necessary Clinical Knowledge
Adequate Theoretical/Conceptual Frameworks	p. 27
Multiple Points of View	p. 35
Supervised Experience in Diagnosing and Treating	p. 41
Spectrum Disorders-Schizophrenia, Mood Disorders	p. 45
Disorders of the Borderline Syndrome	p. 53
Coordinated Split Treatment	p. 57
The Nature of the Clinical Experience
Patient-Therapist Motivations for Psychotherapy	p. 67
Empathy and Therapeutic Tact	p. 75
How the Therapist's Mind Works	p. 77
Cognitive Style and the Therapeutic Alliance	p. 85
Addressing the Patient's Need to Fight	p. 93
The Place of Dreams in the Therapeutic Process	p. 97
Psychopharmacology and the Complexity of Psychodynamics	p. 103
The Challenges of the Clinical Experience
Countertransference and Rescue Fantasies	p. 113
Feelings	p. 119
Negative Therapeutic Reactions	p. 127
People Psychotherapy Probably Can't Help	p. 131
Rarely Encountered Disorders	p. 135
Non-Empirical Psychotherapists	p. 139
Closing Comments	p. 143
Suggested Reading	p. 145
Index	p. 151
About the Authors	p. 153
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