THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION
Knowing What To Say When
Paul L. Wachtel
Guilford Publications, 1998
LEARNING OBJECTIVES - This course was designed to allow the reader to:
• Learn precisely what the therapist can say at key moments to enhance therapeutic effectiveness
• Understand how psychological disorder evolves, how it is maintained, and how psychotherapy contributes to change
• Learn why some communications in therapy may be effective while others addressing the same content may be counterproductive
• Understand the theory of cyclical psychodynamics and its use in therapy
• Learn about the use of self-disclosure, suggestion, and idealization in the therapeutic process
Paul L. Wachtel, Ph.D., is CUNY Distinguished Professor at City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
6 CE credits; 308 pages
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