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Aron, L. (2002) Meeting of Minds: Mutuality in Psychoanalysis

Michael - Recommended Books — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Book Review:

Aron, L. (2002) Meeting of Minds: Mutuality in Psychoanalysis

Book Review to be completed. Please feel free to submit your own comments below to be included in the review.

Reference: Aron, L. (2002) Meeting of Minds: Mutuality in Psychoanalysis. Routledge.

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Safran, J. & Muran, C. (2003) Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance: A Relational Treatment Guide

Michael - Recommended Books — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 23:00:00 +0000

Book Review:

Safran, J. & Muran, C. (2003) Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance: A Relational Treatment Guide

Book Review to be completed. Please feel free to submit your own comments below to be included in the review.

Reference: Safran, J. & Muran, C. (2003) Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance: A Relational Treatment Guide. Guilford Press.

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The Therapeutic Potential of Broken Boundaries (CONFER 2011)

Michael - Presentations — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

If the therapist's job is the steady provision of a safe, contained therapeutic framework, then breaks and transgressions of those clear and firm boundaries indicate a failure on the therapist's part - a mistake. However, every broken boundary is accompanied by the emergence of precious unconscious material, intensely relevant both to the client's inner world and to the dynamic in the therapeutic relationship. How can we perceive, understand and - most importantly - engage with such threats to the working alliance in a way which it turns 'the mistake' into a transformative deepening of the therapeutic process? Whilst not exactly predictable, neither do disturbing breaks in the boundaries occur out of the blue. There is usually a slow build-up, often noticeable in supervision over a period of weeks, that leads up to the eventual breaking of boundaries. This process happens largely subliminally and for many practitioners, unconsciously. But that does not mean it is necessarily beyond the reach of awareness. We can enhance our perception of the subtle dynamics that lead to boundary breaks by approaching them as relational body/mind processes. There are different kinds of boundaries on mental, emotional, physical and relational levels, with different clients, therapists and character types favouring some levels over others. As these dynamics rely on subliminal and non-verbal communication, we will explore these issues in an embodied, experiential fashion.

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