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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826601503321

Autore

Marziller John S

Titolo

The gossamer thread : my life as a psychotherapist / / John Marzillier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Karnac Books, 2010

ISBN

1-282-78038-7

1-84940-765-7

9786612780387

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 p.)

Disciplina

616.8914092

Soggetti

Psychotherapists

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Getting my hands dirty -- section 2. Microbes in the vast universe -- section 3. Getting personal -- section 4. So it goes.

Sommario/riassunto

What really goes on in the therapist's consulting room? And in this most private of relationships, what is the therapist thinking?In this warm, revealing memoir, Dr John Marzillier, one of Britain's most experienced clinical psychologists, tells the story of his life and career as a psychotherapist. He recounts his journey from hard-nosed behaviour therapist, where every treatment method needed scientific justification, through trainings in cognitive therapy and psychodynamic therapy, to his final understanding of the value of the therapeutic relationship.Using case material from his professio