Ariadne's Thread: Case Studies in the Therapeutic Relationship (Skills, Techniques, & Process)

This casebook provides a personal account of the struggles a counselor encounters in everyday clinical practice. Each of the eight studies--thoughtfully detailed by the author from his own experience--illuminates the therapist/client relationship. Follow-up discussions tie each case and the therapist's technique to counseling theory and practice. A final conclusion links all cases and the related discourse together.

Case One: Once, My Lovely Discussion: The Human Context of Therapy Case Two: Daddy Dearest Discussion: Transference and Countertransference Case Three: Fighter Pilot Discussion: Narrative and Constructivism Case Four: Truth Is a Razor Discussion: Resistance and Empathy Case Five: The Many Chambered Heart Discussion: Anxiety, Defenses, and Guilt Case Six: Oh Mother, Where Art Thou? Discussion: Interpersonal Origins of Self-Experience Case Seven: As I Walked Out in the Streets of Laredo Discussion: Psychotherapy and Change: Some Principles Case Eight: The Dance of Nayana Discussion: Intersubjectivity and Culture Conclusion References Name Index Subject Index