TY - BOOK AU - Yalom Irvin D TI - The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapistsand their Patients SN - 978-0-7499-2373-0 U1 - 616.8914 23 PY - 2002/// CY - London PB - Piatkus N1 - Chapter 1 Remove the Obstacles to Growth Chapter 2 Avoid Diagnosis (Except for Insurance Companies) Chapter 3 Therapist and Patient as "Fellow Travelers" Chapter 5 Be Supportive Chapter 6 Empathy: Looking Out the Patient's Window Chapter 7 Teach Empathy Chapter 8 Let the Patient Matter to You Chapter 9 Acknowledge Your Errors Chapter 10 Create a New Therapy for Each Patient Chapter 11 The Therapeutic Act, Not the Therapeutic Word Chapter 12 Engage in Personal Therapy Chapter 13 The Therapist Has Many Patients; The Patient, One Therapist Chapter 14 The Here-and-Now--Use It, Use It, Use It Chapter 15 Why Use the Here-and-Now? Chapter 16 Using the Here-and-Now--Grow Rabbit Ears Chapter 17 Search for Here-and-Now Equivalents Chapter 18 Working Through Issues in the Here-and-Now Chapter 19 The Here-and-Now Energizes Therapy Chapter 20 Use Your Own Feelings as Data Chapter 21 Frame Here-and-Now Comments Carefully Chapter 22 All Is Grist for the Here-and-Now Mill Chapter 23 Check into the Here-and-Now Each Hour Chapter 24 What Lies Have You Told Me? Chapter 25 Blank Screen? Forget It! Be Real Chapter 26 Three Kinds of Therapist Self-Disclosure Chapter 27 The Mechanism of Therapy--Be Transparent Chapter 28 Revealing Here-and-Now Feelings--Use Discretion Chapter 29 Revealing the Therapist's Personal Life--Use Caution Chapter 30 Revealing Your Personal Life--Caveats Chapter 31 Therapist Transparency and Universality Chapter 32 Patients Will Resist Your Disclosure Chapter 33 Avoid the Crooked Cure Chapter 34 On Taking Patients Further Than You Have Gone Chapter 35 On Being Helped by Your Patient Chapter 36 Encourage Patient Self-Disclosure Chapter 37 Feedback in Psychotherapy Chapter 38 Provide Feedback Effectively and Gently Chapter 39 Increase Receptiveness to Feedback by Using "Parts" Chapter 40 Feedback: Strike When the Iron Is Cold Chapter 41 Talk About Death Chapter 42 Death and Life Enhancement Chapter 43 How to Talk About Death Chapter 44 Talk About Life Meaning Chapter 45 Freedom Chapter 46 Helping Patients Assume Responsibility Chapter 47 Never (Almost Never) Make Decisions for the Patient Chapter 48 Decisions: A Via Regia into Existential Bedrock Chapter 49 Focus on Resistance to Decision Chapter 50 Facilitating Awareness by Advice Giving Chapter 51 Facilitating Decisions--Other Devices Chapter 52 Conduct Therapy as a Continuous Session Chapter 53 Take Notes of Each Session Chapter 54 Encourage Self-Monitoring Chapter 55 When Your Patient Weeps Chapter 56 Give Yourself Time Between Patients Chapter 57 Express Your Dilemmas Openly Chapter 58 Do Home Visits Chapter 59 Don't Take Explanation Too Seriously Chapter 60 Therapy-Accelerating Devices Chapter 61 Therapy as a Dress Rehearsal for Life Chapter 62 Use the Initial Complaint as Leverage Chapter 63 Don't Be Afraid of Touching Your Patient Chapter 64 Never Be Sexual with Patients Chapter 65 Look for Anniversary and Life-Stage Issues Chapter 66 Never Ignore "Therapy Anxiety" Chapter 67 Doctor, Take Away My Anxiety Chapter 68 On Being Love's Executioner Chapter 69 Taking a History Chapter 70 A History of the Patient's Daily Schedule Chapter 71 How Is the Patient's Life Peopled? Chapter 72 Interview the Significant Other Chapter 73 Explore Previous Therapy Chapter 74 Sharing the Shade of the Shadow Chapter 75 Freud Was Not Always Wrong Chapter 76 CBT Is Not What It's Cracked Up to Be ... Or, Don't Be Afraid of the EVT Boogeyman Chapter 77 Dreams--Use Them, Use Them, Use Them Chapter 78 Full Interpretation of a Dream? Forget It! Chapter 79 Use Dreams Pragmatically: Pillage and Loot Chapter 80 Master Some Dream Navigational Skills Chapter 81 Learn About the Patient's Life from Dreams Chapter 82 Pay Attention to the First Dream Chapter 83 Attend Carefully to Dreams About the Therapist Chapter 84 Beware the Occupational Hazards Chapter 85 Cherish the Occupational Privileges ER -