This is by far the most useful psychotherapy text that I have ever read. While I consider my primary theoretical orientation cognitive-behavioral, no book has accelerated my progress as a psychotherapist faster than this one. Teyber & McClure focus on utilizing the therapy relationship as a key component of change through the use of "process comments." Process comments involving speaking with the client about what might be happening in the "here-and-now" between the therapist and client. By working with the process dimension, the therapist can begin to change a client's maladaptive relational patterns and schemas by facilitating a "corrective emotional experience," by responding in an affirming and empathic way.
While I believe it is also important to focus on the "then-and-there" (e.g. content, homework, etc.), discussing the client's issues (i.e. problematic schemas, behaviors) as they occur in real time makes the therapy process even more powerful. The book contains countless examples of how to make process comments across a wide range of client issues vividly illustrating what a process approach to therapy actually looks like. The practicality of this book is what set it apart from other psychodynamic/relational psychotherapy books which tend to focus more heavily on theoretical and abstract principles. The authors do an amazing job of combining theoretical foundations (e.g. attachment theory) with the practical implications and interventions that match the underlying theory. I would highly recommend this book to any therapist (regardless of theoretical orientation) who is looking to make their work with clients more experiential and process oriented.
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