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    The Art and Science of Relationship: The Practice of Integrative Psychotherapy

    Authors: Richard G. Erskine and Janet Moursund

    £27.89 – £39.99

    Reissue of a classic work with updated introduction, this clearly written book is useful for both practitioners and students in psychotherapy and other mental health professions. It focuses on the central role of the therapeutic relationship, and of relationships in general, in the healing process and in maintaining a psychologically healthy life.

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    Authors

    Richard G. Erskine and Janet Moursund

    ISBN

    9781800131378

    Format

    Large-format Paperback, e-Book, Print & e-Book

    Page Extent

    306

    Publication Date

    November 2022

    Subject Areas

    Psychotherapy

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    The Art and Science of Relationship: The Practice of Integrative Psychotherapy is an easy-to-read explication of relationally focused integrative psychotherapy/counselling that will be enjoyed by novice and experienced mental health professionals worldwide. Richard Erskine and Janet Moursund illuminate the central role of the therapeutic relationship, and of relationships in general, both in the healing process and in maintaining a psychologically healthy life. They posit that the therapeutic relationship is key to helping clients become integrated or whole, and present both theory and practice to demonstrate this view.

    The book is divided into three parts: Theoretical Foundations, Therapeutic Practice, and a full verbatim transcript of a therapy session. The book’s unique feature is the linkage of the transcript section with the earlier, theoretical and practice-oriented sections to clearly show how theory can be applied in the consulting room. For virtually every exchange between therapist and patient, the reader is directed back to a discussion of the specific aspect of theory and method that underly the actual words being spoken. The result is theory brought to life, theory brought out of the classroom or the professional workshop and into the real world of ongoing psychotherapy.

    This book is highly recommended for students and practitioners of psychotherapy, counselling, and clinical psychology, and will be of interest to all those who work in a mental health setting.

    About the authors

    About the authors

    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 1972, as a professor at the University of Illinois, Dr Erskine developed the initial concepts of a developmentally based, relationally focused integrative psychotherapy. By 1976 he established the Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy in New York City and, along with members of the Professional Development Seminars, continued the development, research and refinement of a relational and integrative psychotherapy. Each year Dr Erskine teaches formal courses and experiential workshops on the theory and methods in several countries around the world. He is a licensed psychoanalyst, certified transactional analyst, internationally recognised Gestalt therapist, and a certified group psychotherapist. He is the author of ten books and numerous articles on the practice of psychotherapy. Some of the articles are available on his website, www.IntegrativePsychotherapy.com.

    To view all our titles from Richard G. Erskine, click here.

     

    Janet Moursund, PhD, is a retired psychotherapist and professor of counselling psychology. Originally trained in educational psychology, she brings to the practice of psychotherapy a grounding in learning theory as well as years of experience as a therapist and a teacher. She was a member of Carl Rogers’ research team in his investigation of psychotherapy with schizophrenics. She is the founder of the Center for Community Counseling (formerly Aslan House), a no/low-cost counselling centre staffed by professional volunteers from the Eugene, Oregon counselling community. She is the author or co-author of eight books, on topics ranging from statistics to personality theory, and before her retirement practiced as a licensed clinical therapist and served as departmental coordinator of the counselling psychology program at the University of Oregon.

    Contents

    Contents

    About the authors
    Preface
    Introduction to the reissue

    PART I: Theoretical Foundations

    CHAPTER 1: Development of Integrative Psychotherapy
    Roots and Beyond
    Modern Psychotherapies
    Principles of Relationship-Focused Integrative Psychotherapy
    Relationship
    Summary

    CHAPTER 2: Script, Repression, and Contact Distortion
    Schemas and Script
    The Function of Script
    Maintaining the Script System
    The Consequences of Script, Repression, and Contact Disruption
    The Widening Spiral
    Summary

    CHAPTER 3: Relationship and Human Development
    The Early Experience of Relationship
    The Concept of Relational Needs
    Development and Healthy Relationships
    Development and Unhealthy Relationships
    Trauma and Its Consequences
    Summary

    PART II: Therapeutic Interventions 

    CHAPTER 4: Healing the Hurts
    A Set of Interlocking Systems
    The Role of Relationship in the Healing Process
    Relationship and the Facets of Growth and Change
    Accessibility
    Summary

    CHAPTER 5: Creating a Therapeutic Relationship
    Developing Therapeutic Personhood
    Symmetry and Asymmetry
    Empathy
    Summary

    CHAPTER 6: Beyond Empathy
    Attunement
    Inquiry
    Involvement
    Summary

    CHAPTER 7: Beginning the Work
    First-Session Tasks
    Establishing a Safe Working Environment
    The Decision to Work Together
    The Therapeutic Contract
    Saying Good-Bye
    Summary

    CHAPTER 8: Moving In
    Affect and Awareness
    Fear and Anxiety
    Resistance and Repression
    Accessing
    Summary

    CHAPTER 9: Therapeutic Interventions
    Intervention Guidelines
    Interpretation
    Enactment and Experiment
    Regression
    Behavioral Interventions
    Summary

    CHAPTER 10: A Focus on Relationship
    Three Relational Concerns
    Transference and Countertransference Revisited
    Touch
    Therapist Error
    The Juxtaposition Response
    Shame
    The Moment of Meeting
    Summary

    CHAPTER 11: Termination
    Termination Criteria
    The Decision to Terminate
    Preparing for Termination
    Tasks of Termination
    Taking New Behaviors Out Into the World
    The Last Session
    Summary

    PART III: The Transcript

    CHAPTER 12: The Transcript
    Postscript
    Transcript Linkage Index
    References
    Name Index
    Subject Index

    3 reviews for The Art and Science of Relationship: The Practice of Integrative Psychotherapy

    1. Karen Cesarano, chartered psychologist and psychotherapist; trainer and supervisor, International Integrative Psychotherapy Association – 09/11/2022

      ‘I love this book. The writing is simple, yet the authors cover a vast knowledge of psychotherapy and counselling while offering practical guidelines on how to work with our clients. Throughout this book, I was accompanied in understanding how authentic relationships are achieved, maintained, and repaired when disrupted. The transcripts of actual therapy sessions, and the authors’ explanations, reveal how a relationally focused integrative psychotherapy enhances our clients’ healing and wellbeing. This book is a must-read for all mental health practitioners.’

    2. Amaia Mauriz-Etxabe, licensed clinical psychologist, certified integrative psychotherapist, trainer and supervisor; Professor of Psychology, Deusto University; Director, BIOS Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy, Bilbao, Spain – 09/11/2022

      ‘This splendid book is ideal for the experienced psychotherapist and mental health counsellor while also serving as an important professional guide for someone new to the professions. It conveys Richard Erskine’s and Janet Moursund’s very meaningful philosophy, theory, and methods of relational psychotherapy. The authors address the therapeutic relationship with respect, profundity, and hope. The relevant case examples make the theory come alive. It was a pleasure to read this book and learn from two master psychotherapists.’

    3. Elena Maria Guarrella, Trainer and Supervisor, Istituto di Analisi Transazionale Integrativa, Roma, Italy – 09/11/2022

      ‘I love reading this book. It is an essential text in my counselling and psychotherapy courses. I find the relational orientation to be informative, powerful, and comprehensive while the style of writing makes the concepts and methods easy for trainees to learn. The various examples of actual therapy help my trainees to be effective therapists and also help me to be a better trainer and supervisor.’

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