Making Room for the Disavowed: Reclaiming the Self in Psychotherapy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781462553174)

In this uniquely integrative book, Paul L. Wachtel describes powerful clinical strategies to make room for aspects of the self that were sidetracked in the course of development. Wachtel explores how early attachment experiences can lead people to turn away from certain thoughts and feelings, building a sense of self and ways of interacting on only a limited range of adaptive resources. His approach draws on psychodynamic, humanistic, systemic, and acceptance-centered cognitive-behavioral perspectives, as well as attention to the impact of race, class, and culture. Filled with rich case material, the book illuminates how a therapeutic approach anchored in the present can help heal the wounds of the past.

See also Wachtel's Therapeutic Communication, Second Edition: Knowing What to Say When, as well as Mastering the Clinical Conversation: Language as Intervention, by Matthieu Villatte, Jennifer L. Villatte, and Steven C. Hayes.

Author: Paul L. Wachtel
ISBN-10: 1462553176
ISBN-13: 9781462553174
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Language: English
Published: 09/20/2023
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.98w x 1.02d