Clinical Values

Psychoanalysis in a New Key

by Sandra Buechler

In this refreshingly honest and open book, Sandra Buechler looks at therapeutic process issues from the standpoint of the human qualities and human resourcefulness that the therapist brings to each clinical encounter. Her concern is with the clinical values that shape the psychoanalytically oriented treatment experience. How, she asks, can one person evoke a range of values--curiosity, hope, kindness, courage, sense of purpose, emotional balance, the ability to bear loss, and integrity--in another person and thereby promote psychological change? For Buechler, these core values, and the emotions that infuse them, are at the heart of the clinical process. They permeate the texture and tone, and shape the content of what therapists say. They provide the framework for formulating and working toward treatment goals and keep the therapist emotionally alive in the face of the often draining vicissitudes of the treatment process. Clinical Emotions That Guide Psychoanalytic Treatment is addressed to therapists young and old. By focusing successively on different emotion-laden values, Buechler shows how one value or another can center the therapist within the session. Taken together, these values function as a clinical compass that provides the therapist with a sense of direction and militates against the all too frequent sense of "flying by the seat of one's pants." Buechler makes clear that the values that guide treatment derive from the full range of the clinician's human experiences, and she is candid in relating the personal experiences--from inside and outside the consulting room--that inform her own matrix of clinical values and her own clinical approach. A compelling record of one gifted therapist's pathway to clinical maturity, Clinical Values has a more general It exemplifies the variegated ways in which productive clinical work of any type ultimately revolves around the therapist's ability to make the most of being "all too human."

206 pages, Paperback

First published July 13, 2004

Reviews

[Nixi92 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sandra Buechler è un'analista straordinaria, ma prima di tutto una PERSONA straordinaria. Attraverso casi clinici e riferimenti letterari, ci illustra come la psicoterapia sia in realtà un incontro di emozioni, oltre che di menti. La sua teoria, come i valori clinici che ne derivano, sono spiegati con estrema saggezza, evitando i semplicismi e privilegiando l'importanza dell'umanità di paziente e analista.
Ho scelto questo libro per un esame, ma credo proprio che recupererò altri suoi scritti. Inoltre, mi ha incuriosita la sua visione dell'approccio interpersonale: cercherò di informarmi di più anche su questo orientamento.

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not a supervisor yet, but I would have my charges get this book. It was jam packed with nuggets of wisdom. It took me a long time to read this book because it was intense and I had to read it slowly. I called her once, and she didn't have any opening for supervision. I wish she would have. This book is perhaps a poor substitute, but it's jam packed with many useful ideas.

The comes from the Interpersonal perspective, which I like. I found myself putting many of the books on her bibliography on my amazon wish list. It makes me want to read her next one.