A Healing Relationship : Commentary on Therapeutic Dialogues (eBook)

Richard G. Erskine, PhD, Training Director at the Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy, is a clinical psychologist with five decades of experience in the clinical practice and teaching of psychotherapy. He has specialised in the treatment of severely disturbed children, run a therapeutic community in a maximum security prison, and conducted his psychotherapy practice in New York City specialising in the treatment of obsession, dissociation, narcissism, schizoid processes.

"In this beautifully written book, Richard G. Erskine shares his rich knowledge through an in-depth discussion of transcripts of actual psychotherapy sessions. Reading the book feels like being in the psychotherapy session and having the first-hand experience of the therapists internal process from moment-to-moment. The book is a work of art, full of wisdom, clinical thinking, and methods that convey the importance of respect and compassion for the clients experience. The book will be of interest to all psychotherapists who would like to enrich their clinical practice and learn from the originator of developmentally based and relationally focused integrative psychotherapy." Gregor Zvelc, Assoc. Prof. University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology; Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling, Ljubljana "Dr. Erskines dialogue with the reader opens a royal avenue to understand and internalize the principles and methods of relationally focused integrative psychotherapy. This is a key book in the psychotherapy field because it clearly demonstrates the importance of intersubjectivity in the therapeutic relationship and the need for an involved other to heal the injuries of early relational ruptures." Jose M. Martinez, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine of the Valladolid University, Spain; international integrative psychotherapy trainer and supervisor; teaching and supervising transactional analyst "The book is important for all those who want to reflect on the process of their own work. I also believe Erskine's openness around his work, his feelings, his thinking, his capacity to reflect on himself, the relationship and his client, will be very helpful for those who sometimes see their own struggle within the process with their client as reflecting negatively on themselves rather than seeing the struggle as the very stuff of the therapeutic journey." James Sweeney, The Transactional Analyst (Autumn 2021)