Deepening the Treatment

Almost everyone who crosses the therapist's threshold is looking for a second chance-a shot at living a richer less restricted life. Understanding how echoes of the past resonate in and shape the present provides opportunities to resolve crippling conflicts and make new choices. Furthermore such insight produces a sense of mastery. But not everyone is aware that the problems s/he brings into weekly therapy are just the first few bars of his or her song. Jane Hall wrote <I>Deepening the Treatment</I> to help the psycho-dynamically informed therapist help the patient recognize that exploring ideas and feelings is a journey worth taking and that the therapist is a trustworthy guide. Often people need to wade before they feel comfortable diving into deep waters. Hall introduces a responsible if unconventional application of respectful nondirective therapy and she supports her vision with clinical examples and thoughtful attention to issues of basic technique-among them separation termination self-disclosure frequency of sessions tolerating patient rage and of course interpreting the transference.