Hi again FritzP,
Here belatedly are the books I meant to recommend last week:
"Between Therapist and Client: The New relationship" by Michael Kahn (1977) is a concise and reader-friendly book about the therapeutic relationship, with particular emphasis on transference, counter-transference, and the importance of therapist non-defensiveness.
Another book that tells of a psychotherapists' journey through her own therapy in healing from childhood abuse is "Fire and Irises" by Margaret Nichol. I personally identify strongly with her story.
A similar book (apparently called "Voices" ?) was recommended to me on mirc but i did not get any more details and am hoping someone knows it.
A book by Yvonne M. Dolan called "Resolving Sexual Abuse: Solution Focused Therapy and Ericksonian Hypnosis for Adult Survivors" has an excellent chapter on "Therapists Who Are Survivors of sexual Abuse". (In time I will write to the author for permission to post the chapter on the resources page here) Finally, a book which has influenced/reflected something of my philosophy as a therapist is "Beyond Therapy, Beyond Science: A new model for healing the whole person" by Anne Wilson Schaef... although I relate a lot more to her general philosophy of therapy than to her formulation of a model of therapy (one which eliminates a traditional therapeutic relationship altogether) which she sees as consistent with her views. ...anyway happy reading and please let me / us know of any other gems you find.
Elysha.
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