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Summary: It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This!
Review: This book represents the end result of a collaboration between two of the clearest thinking clinical minds in our field today. Drs. Gabbard and Wilkinson bring, to this book, a wealth of clinical and teaching experience, deep and comprehensive understanding of the human mind and condition, and an enviable ability to spell out and explain it all. These traits, which the authors share, is evident throughout their book. From the first page to the last, the reader is not only taken into the "consulting room", but into the therapist's inner experience, as well. In a 3-dimensional fashion, the reader is exposed to, and informed about the experience of countertransference. Admittedly, the focus of the book is on countertransference with Borderline patients, but the book goes beyond that, and gives the reader a better understanding about countertransference in general. Specifically, the reader is taken through a process of looking at countertransference as a useful, and natural part of the therapeutic process, and, through the use of vivid and detailed clinical examples, shown how to make use of this phenomenon in treatment. The book systematically takes the reader from a general overview of the topic, into specific clinical paradigms and situations which frequently occur in the treatment of patients with Borderline disorders. In each situation (or for each paradigm) theoretical explanations are interspersed with clinical examples. In this way, the material "comes to life" and the reader is more easily able to relate to and put himself/herself into the situations described in the book. I have been teaching and supervising psychotherapy for the past 12 years, and can say without hesitation that this is one of the best books available for practicioners and students alike. I highly recommend this book to anyone engaed in or training in the practice of psychotherapy. I also anxiously await the next collaboration from these two authors.
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Summary: It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This!
Review: This book represents the end result of a collaboration between two of the clearest thinking clinical minds in our field today. Drs. Gabbard and Wilkinson bring, to this book, a wealth of clinical and teaching experience, deep and comprehensive understanding of the human mind and condition, and an enviable ability to spell out and explain it all. These traits, which the authors share, is evident throughout their book. From the first page to the last, the reader is not only taken into the "consulting room", but into the therapist's inner experience, as well. In a 3-dimensional fashion, the reader is exposed to, and informed about the experience of countertransference. Admittedly, the focus of the book is on countertransference with Borderline patients, but the book goes beyond that, and gives the reader a better understanding about countertransference in general. Specifically, the reader is taken through a process of looking at countertransference as a useful, and natural part of the therapeutic process, and, through the use of vivid and detailed clinical examples, shown how to make use of this phenomenon in treatment. The book systematically takes the reader from a general overview of the topic, into specific clinical paradigms and situations which frequently occur in the treatment of patients with Borderline disorders. In each situation (or for each paradigm) theoretical explanations are interspersed with clinical examples. In this way, the material "comes to life" and the reader is more easily able to relate to and put himself/herself into the situations described in the book. I have been teaching and supervising psychotherapy for the past 12 years, and can say without hesitation that this is one of the best books available for practicioners and students alike. I highly recommend this book to anyone engaed in or training in the practice of psychotherapy. I also anxiously await the next collaboration from these two authors.
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