Essays on Integrative Psychotherapy
Developmental and Relational Perspectives
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:13th Oct '25
£31.99
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This book is a distinctive collection of essays on the theory and methods of a developmentally-based, relationally-focused integrative psychotherapy.
In an easy-to-read style, Richard Erskine elaborates on a relationally-focused psychotherapy for acute and cumulative neglect, dissociation, alcoholism, obsession, prolonged grief, as well as psychotherapy with couples. Detailed examples of actual psychotherapy sessions illustrate the therapeutic methods of both phenomenological and developmental inquiry as well as the significance of the psychotherapist's interpersonal involvement through acknowledgment, validation, normalization, and presence. Each chapter takes the reader into further depths of understanding the complexities of an in-depth psychotherapy. Erskine writes from the heart while drawing from over fifty years as a psychotherapist, supervisor, and trainer.
Essays on Integrative Psychotherapy vividly illustrates the interpsychic struggle of clients who engage in the schizoid process of relational withdrawal and live in loneliness, and will be essential reading for psychotherapists and psychoanalysts in practice and in training.
Richard Erskine’s book blends theory and practice in a comprehensive and complementary way. It is an excellent guide for those who want to understand and practice relational-focused integrative psychotherapy. You will find in every paragraph of this book a creative synthesis of knowledge and method, an inspiring resource for all psychotherapists.
Dr. Şafak Ebru Toksoy, Istanbul Bilgi University, Institute of Graduate Programs: Trauma and Disaster Mental Health
This book is a treasure to help psychotherapists understand clients unconscious process and non-verbal communication. Richard Erskine skilfully demonstrates the theory and practice of a relationally-focused and developmentally-based psychotherapy that facilitates the integration of the fragmented parts of the self. This book is a must read to every psychotherapist, from beginners to the very experienced ones.
Ruth Birkebaek, MD, psychotherapist, supervisor, and international trainer, London, UK
Each chapter provides a richly coloured tapestry of Integrative Psychotherapy. The presentation of client material helps to give the reader a vibrant image of how in-depth psychotherapy looks in practice. This book is a wonderful, essential creation, beautifully crafted, with many practical ideas and concepts interwoven and interconnected.
Sally Openshaw, President, International Integrative Psychotherapy Association (IIPA); UKCP Registered Psychotherapist; COSRT Accredited Sexual and Relational Therapist and Supervisor
Richard Erskine is a much-respected innovator and developer of integrative psychotherapy, well known for his writings and teaching on Inquiry, Attunement, and Involvement in the therapeutic relationship. The various chapters in this volume offer vivid case vignettes that provide useful examples of the methodology involved in conducting in-depth psychotherapy. In addition to the chapters addressing individual psychotherapy, there are chapters focusing on couple as well as group therapy, and supervision. This book is an ideal resource for those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of a developmentally-based, relationally-focused integrative psychotherapy.
Ray Little, author of several articles and book chapters on the theory and methods of psychotherapy, Edinburgh, Scotland
ISBN: 9781041040705
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248 pages