Deepening the Treatment

Jane S. Hall

• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Year: 1998
• eBook ISBN: 9781461628125
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychotherapy
• Index: Psychology

Almost everyone who crosses the therapist's threshold is looking for a second chance-a shot at living a richer, less restricted life. Understanding how echoes of the past resonate in and shape the present provides opportunities to resolve crippling conflicts and make new choices. Furthermore, such insight produces a sense of mastery. But not everyone is aware that the problems s/he brings into weekly therapy are just the first few bars of his or her song. Jane Hall wrote Deepening the Treatment to help the psycho-dynamically informed therapist help the patient recognize that exploring ideas and feelings is a journey worth taking and that the therapist is a trustworthy guide. Often, people need to wade before they feel comfortable diving into deep waters. Hall introduces a responsible if unconventional application of respectful, nondirective therapy, and she supports her vision with clinical examples and thoughtful attention to issues of basic technique-among them separation, termination, self-disclosure, frequency of sessions, tolerating patient rage, and, of course, interpreting the transference.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Perspectives
• 1. Setting the Stage—Providing the Structure (An Ongoing Process)
• 2. First Meetings—The Consultation Phase
• 3. Deepening the Treatment
• 4. Considering the Patient’s Pace—How Often Is Often Enough?
• 5. Respecting the Patient and the Method
• 6. Separations between Patient and Therapist
• 7. Tolerating the Patient’s Rage
• 8. From Psychotherapy to Psychoanalysis—Deep Waters
• References
• Index