What is the professional therapeutic relationship? -- Practitioner self awareness -- Boundaries -- Communication skills -- Power in the therapeutic relationship -- Touch in the therapeutic relationship -- Sex and the erotic in the therapeutic relationship -- Psychotherapy and the therapeutic relationship -- Working with vulnerable clients
Summary
The relationship between practitioner and client in professional therapeutic contexts is a crucial factor in the healing process. This practical guide draws on the vast body of information on that relationship from psychotherapy and presents it in a distilled and relevant format for the complementary therapist. It encourages practitioners to think about their own preferred styles of relating to clients and, using their own somatic awareness, to understand what may be going on in the relationship. Su Fox emphasises the importance of self care, boundary management, clear communication, clear con
