Introduction to Psychotherapy

Author: Bask
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: Bask is a renowned training and supervisory analyst at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Center, with a background in psychoanalysis and self-psychology. In this book, he interprets what "psychotherapy" is, how to engage in "psychotherapy," and why "psychotherapy" is effective through 16 compelling case studies. The author narrates the real-life situations of individual cases within the small space of a therapeutic session, skillfully guiding readers into the realm of psychotherapy through words, eye contact, body language, and meaning-rich silences, making it clear that psychotherapy can be so vivid and easily understandable. Through this book, you can explore the relationship between childhood and personality formation, the connection between adaptability, competence, and self-worth, the relationship between emotions and actions, the connection between the self-system and anxiety and depression, how therapists handle transference, the expression of emotional connection and withdrawal, as well as the characteristics of narcissistic and borderline personality disorders, and psychoneurotic disorders.