The Therapeutic Use of Self in Counselling and Psychotherapy James Berger A hard-hitting yet nuanced analysis

A hard-hitting yet nuanced analysis

he challenges the tendency of scholars to privilege human over nonhuman beings and calls into question ableist assumptions about the centrality to horror films of sight and sound to the near exclusion of other forms of sense experience

such as Abstraction and Empathy (1908) and Form Problems of the Gothic (1911)

But their relationship still shimmers

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The Therapeutic Use of Self in Counselling and Psychotherapy James Berger A hard-hitting yet nuanced analysisThis book examines the 'therapeutic use of self', and the intertwining of the therapist's professional self and their personal self. Combining practical illustrations and case studies with theory and research, the book explores a number of questions, such as: * What are our personal values and attitudes and how do these manifest in our work with clients? * How do we interact with and impact others, and in what ways might this help or hinder our