Learning Psychotherapy: Rationale and Ground Rules

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0674520262 ISBN13: 9780674520264 Release Date: October 1980 Publisher: Harvard University Press Length: 168 Pages Weight: 0.50 lbs. Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.7" Hilde Bruch sets out to accomplish what has, until now, been virtually impossible--the teaching of psychotherapy by use of the written word, communicating the wisdom of a lifetime. Perhaps Dr. Bruch's unique success at a task that has been tried and tried again, only to result in stereotyped dos and don'ts, stems from her own learning experiences with two great teachers: Harry Stack Sullivan and Frieda Fromm-Reichmann. Dr. Bruch shares her knowledge of the essential purpose of intensive psychotherapy as it has been shaped over her many years as a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and teacher. She sets forth a theoretical frame in straightforward and unmystical language without minimizing the complexities of demand that therapy makes on both patient and therapist. The