Edward W.L. Smith / Pauline Rose Clance (eds.)

Touch in Psychotherapy

Theory, Research, and Practice
Herausgeber: Smith, Edward W L; Imes, Suzanne; Clance, Pauline Rose

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As a therapist, do you ever shake hands with a client? Do you ever lightly touch a client's hand or shoulder as a conversational marker? What happens if you inadvertently touch a client? Nonerotic touch is a powerful form of communication, and research and clinical experience indicate that it can contribute to positive therapeutic change when used appropriately. This thoughtful book brings together experienced clinicians to review the research and to offer ethical, theoretical, and practical guidelines for using nonerotic touch in therapy settings. Featuring extensive clinical commentary and case examples, chapters address such topics as evaluating a client's desire to be touched, working with survivors of sexual abuse, the role of touch in regression and reparenting approaches, communicating with clients about the use of touch, and managing "touch errors."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781572306622
• ISBN-10: 1572306629
• Artikelnr.: 21292212

Autorenporträt

Edward W.L. Smith, Pauline Rose Clance, Suzanne Imes

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
I. Theoretical and Ethical Considerations
1. Traditions of Touch in Psychotherapy, Smith
2. Touch in Context, Kertay and Reviere
3. A Taxonomy and Ethics of Touch in Psychotherapy, Smith
4. A Rationale for Physical Touching in Psychotherapy, Bar-Levav
II. Research Perspectives
5. Research on Communication by Touch, Fagan and Silverthorn
6. Differences Between Therapists Who Touch and Those Who Do Not,
Milakovich
7. Therapists' Recall of Their Decision-Making Processes Regarding the Use
of Touch in
Ongoing Psychotherapy: A Preliminary Study, Clance and Petras
8. The Experience of Nonerotic Physical Contact in Traditional
Psychotherapy, Geib
9. Further Research on the Patient's Experience of Touch in Therapy, Horton
III. Insights from Practice
10. Thoughts on Using Touch in Psychotherapy, Fagan
11. An Object Relations Perspective on the Use of Touch in Psychotherapy,
Glickhauf-Hughes and Chance
12. Long-Term Client's Experience of Touch in Gestalt Therapy, Imes
13. Touch and Clients Who Have Been Sexually Abused, Lawry
14. The Impact of Physical Touch on Professional Development, Mandelbaum
15. Jean's Legacy: On the Use of Physical Touch in Long-Term Psychotherapy,
Torraco