It is clinical work with the most difficult patients - those with severe narcissistic, sadomasochistic, and borderline disorders - that poses the greatest challenge to the therapist's guiding assumptions about clinical process; indeed, such work often leads therapists to question beliefs and expectations that formerly seemed self-evident. In 'Getting From Here to There' Sheldon Bach elaborates the holistic vision that guides him in work with just such patients. He dwells especially on the 'attentive presence' through which the analyst effects a 'meeting' with patients that invites the...
It is clinical work with the most difficult patients - those with severe narcissistic, sadomasochistic, and borderline disorders - that poses the grea...
This is a book that grew out of the many practical "how-to" questions that the author's psychotherapy students have asked him over the years. It is neither an evidence-based compendium nor an attempt to summarize general practice or the viewpoints of others, but rather a handbook of practical answers to many of the questions that may puzzle student
This is a book that grew out of the many practical "how-to" questions that the author's psychotherapy students have asked him over the years. It is ne...
