Product Overview
From Follett
Theoretical and empirical basis of the model -- History of presence across theoretical approaches -- Empirical research on therapeutic presence -- Therapeutic presence: a theory of relationship -- The model of therapeutic presence -- Preparing the ground for therapeutic presence -- The process of therapeutic presence -- The experience of therapeutic presence -- Additional perspectives on therapeutic presence -- Levels of therapeutic presence -- Challenges to therapeutic presence -- Neurobiology of therapeutic presence -- The cultivation of therapeutic presence -- Buddhist mindfulness : a way of enhancing therapeutic presence -- Experiential approaches : somatic, emotion-focused, creative, and relational approaches to cultivating therapeutic presence -- Presence exercises and practices.
From the Publisher
The therapeutic relationship is essential to positive outcomes of psychotherapy. In this book, Shari M. Geller and Leslie S. Greenberg argue that therapeutic presence is the fundamental underlying quality of the therapeutic relationship and, hence, effective therapy. Therapeutic presence is the state of having one's whole self in the encounter with a client by being completely in the moment on a multiplicity of levels--physically, emotionally, cognitively, and spiritually.
Geller and Greenberg present their empirically based model of therapeutic presence that integrates three aspects of the concept: how present therapists prepare for presence both pre-session and in general life, what activities therapists engage in when being therapeutically present, and what in-session presence feels like.
The authors also provide a therapeutic presence theory of relationship based on research and clinical wisdom. Importantly, because presence is a learnable state that can be cultivated with practice and commitment, the authors infuse the book with practical, experiential exercises for cultivating presence.