The Therapeutic Relationship

by Petrūska Clarkson

This text provides coverage of the uses and abuses of the therapeutic relationship in counselling, psychology, psychotherapy and related fields. It provides a framework for integration, pluralism or deepening singularity with reference to five kinds of therapeutic relationship potentially available in every kind of counselling or psychodynamic work. The work incoporates training and supervision perspectives and examples of course design, uses in assessment and applications to group and couples as well as to organizations. Dealing with an issue of increasing complexity, the book should be of value and significance to psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, clinical and counselling psychologists and other professionals working in the field of helping human relationships such as doctors, social workers, teachers and counsellors.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Counselling, Psychoanalysis

480 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1995

Reviews

[Renetta Neal · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has helped me to clarify where I am at in the therapeutic process with clients a little easier, I wouldn't say it was an easy read nor that I haven't had to go over some chapters a few times to really get to grips with the thinking but it was well worth the effort.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I guess all you need to know about Petruska Ckarkson is that she killed herself.
Most counselling lecturers are terrible probably because counselling pretends to be an academic discipline when it isn’t.