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It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This!, June 23, 2001
This review is from: Management of Countertransference With Borderline Patients (Hardcover)
This book represents the end result of a collaboration between two of the clearest thinking clinical minds in our field today. Drs. Gabbard and Wilkinson bring, to this book, a wealth of clinical and teaching experience, deep and comprehensive understanding of the human mind and condition, and an enviable ability to spell out and explain it all. These traits, which the authors share, is evident throughout their book. From the first page to the last, the reader is not only taken into the "consulting room", but into the therapist's inner experience, as well. In a 3-dimensional fashion, the reader is exposed to, and informed about the experience of countertransference. Admittedly, the focus of the book is on countertransference with Borderline patients, but the book goes beyond that, and gives the reader a better understanding about countertransference in general. Specifically, the reader is taken through a process of looking at countertransference as a useful, and natural part of the therapeutic process, and, through the use of vivid and detailed clinical examples, shown how to make use of this phenomenon in treatment.
The book systematically takes the reader from a general overview of the topic, into specific clinical paradigms and situations which frequently occur in the treatment of patients with Borderline disorders. In each situation (or for each paradigm) theoretical explanations are interspersed with clinical examples. In this way, the material "comes to life" and the reader is more easily able to relate to and put himself/herself into the situations described in the book. I have been teaching and supervising psychotherapy for the past 12 years, and can say without hesitation that this is one of the best books available for practicioners and students alike. I highly recommend this book to anyone engaed in or training in the practice of psychotherapy. I also anxiously await the next collaboration from these two authors.
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Management of Countertransference With Borderline Patients, November 25, 2006
This review is from: Management of Countertransference With Borderline Patients (Hardcover)
This is the most helpful paper or book I have read on working with "borderline" clients. I am not fond of DSM lablels. While the authors are writing from a theoretical orientation different from my own, the information is clear and theory independent.
They appear to have a magnificent command of the literature on this subject and make complex concepts clear. Most importantly they describe practical ways for the therapist not to lose themselves when dealing with clients most likely to hook the therapist.
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Incredibly Helpful, December 11, 2010
This review is from: Management of Countertransference With Borderline Patients (Hardcover)
This text offered immediate relief to me when I was feeling utterly trapped in the transference/countertransference web created with a highly challenging patient. Gabbard's writing style is accessible and practical, with case examples that are realistic, rather than overly simplistic, as is often the case in other texts. From the first chapter, Gabbard creates a sense of having an ally and regaining the lost analytic space that has been collapsed by the intense dynamic with the patient. Highly useful. Highly recommended.
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