4223: Therapeutic Communication: Knowing What to Say When

About the Course:

This uniquely practical volume examines precisely what the therapist can say at key moments to enhance therapeutic effectiveness and the process of healing and change. Through vivid clinical illustrations, the book illuminates why some communications in therapy are particularly effective, while others addressing essentially the very same content may actually be countertherapeutic. Wachtel’s powerful integrative theory also provides new insights into how psychological disorders evolves, how it is maintained, and how psychotherapy contributes to change.

Author

Wachtel, Paul L.

About the Authors:

Paul L. Wachtel, Ph.D., is CUNY Distinguished Professor at City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His publications include Family dynamics in Individual Psychotherapy.

Course Objectives:

1. To understand rationales of choosing one therapeutic statement over another

2. To distinguish between therapeutically helpful and potentially hurtful comments

3. To understand the theory of Cyclical Psychodynamics