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Focusing on the often-overlooked role of the therapist's body in psychotherapy, this book explores the significance of bodily experiences and touch in therapeutic settings. By sharing personal accounts from therapists, it highlights the inadequacies in existing psychotherapeutic discourse and offers strategies for integrating these bodily sensations into client interactions. Additionally, it examines how therapists can better understand and communicate the experiences that arise during therapy sessions, enriching the therapeutic encounter.
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The Embodied Psychotherapist, Robert Shaw
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- Released
- 2003
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- Title
- The Embodied Psychotherapist
- Subtitle
- The Therapist's Body Story
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert Shaw
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 184
- ISBN13
- 9781583912690
- Category
- Psychology
- Description
- Focusing on the often-overlooked role of the therapist's body in psychotherapy, this book explores the significance of bodily experiences and touch in therapeutic settings. By sharing personal accounts from therapists, it highlights the inadequacies in existing psychotherapeutic discourse and offers strategies for integrating these bodily sensations into client interactions. Additionally, it examines how therapists can better understand and communicate the experiences that arise during therapy sessions, enriching the therapeutic encounter.