L Havens

Making contact

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ISBN 13:: 9780674543164
author:: L Havens
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Harvard University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 1988
Pages:: 216
Genre:: Clinical Psychology Textbook
Condition:: New
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Leston Havens' Making Contact offers a bold and modest attempt to integrate various approaches to psychotherapy into a comprehensive treatment model. By examining the strengths of different schools, including descriptive psychiatry, psychoanalysis, interpersonal therapy, and behavioristic psychiatry, Havens identifies the key role of language in facilitating meaningful connections with patients.

The book focuses on verbal technique as a means of establishing a human presence in the therapeutic relationship, particularly for patients struggling with issues such as lack of purpose, isolation, and deep dissatisfaction. Through concrete examples, Havens demonstrates how to "speak to absence" and make contact with patients, transforming passivity into a state of being human.

Published in 1988, Making Contact provides valuable insights into the importance of language in psychotherapy, making it a useful resource for practitioners seeking to improve their therapeutic skills.

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