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In this beautifully written book, Richard G. Erskine shares his rich knowledge through an in-depth discussion of transcripts of actual psychotherapy sessions. Reading the book feels like being in the psychotherapy session and having the first-hand experience of the therapist's internal process from moment-to-moment. The book is a work of art, full of wisdom, clinical thinking, and methods that convey the importance of respect and compassion for the client's experience. The book will be of interest to all psychotherapists who would like to enrich their clinical practice and learn from the originator of developmentally based and relationally focused integrative psychotherapy. -- Gregor Zvelc, Assoc. Prof. University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology; Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling, Ljubljana Dr. Erskine's dialogue with the reader opens a royal avenue to understand and internalize the principles and methods of relationally focused integrative psychotherapy. This is a key book in the psychotherapy field because it clearly demonstrates the importance of intersubjectivity in the therapeutic relationship and the need for an involved other to heal the injuries of early relational ruptures. -- Jose M. Martinez, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine of the Valladolid University, Spain; international integrative psychotherapy trainer and supervisor; teaching and supervising transactional analyst

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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 eight books and numerous articles on the practice of psychotherapy. Some of the articles are available on his website.

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