Description: Acclaimed for its practical guidance and candid, personal style, this instructive book is now in a revised and updated second edition. Karen J. Maroda explores the vital role of emotion processing in the therapeutic relationship and presents ways that therapists can work with emotions--both their own and the client's--to make treatment more effective. The book discusses how to become more attuned to one's own experience of a client, use direct feedback and self-disclosure constructively, and manage intense feelings and conflict in the relationship. Specific techniques are illustrated with vivid case material, including examples of both successful and unsuccessful interventions.
New to This Edition- Chapter on transference and extratransference.
- Chapter on the ethics of self-disclosure.
- Significantly revised chapter on regression.
- Updated throughout with over 15 years of developments in theory and research.
Review Quotes: "The process of reading the book parallels the process of a successful therapy in which one has come to engage with and trust her guide and emerges a more flexible, confident, insightful person and professional. Maroda's continued reassurances and frank openness to sharing her own vulnerabilities leaves the reader feeling infused with a sense of possibility that a fuller, deeper therapeutic relationship is possible." (on the first edition)-- "Psychotherapy" (6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM)