Talking with Patients: A Self Psychological View of Creative Intuition and Analytic Discipline

by Sanford Shapiro

Self psychology has given us a framework that makes sense of what we have always done intuitively. In Talking with Patients, Shapiro shows how to balance this clinical intuition with precise technique. Combining contributions from intersubjective theory with those of self psychology, he demonstrates to readers how to monitor their patients' responses as well as read their own. Shapiro adds to the empathic, listening orientation of self psychology the utility of inter-action and even confrontation.

214 pages, Hardcover

First published October 28, 1995

Reviews

[Lacy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Few books on psychoanalytic theory incorporate this level of direct speech and personal experience. This is the best book I've read from modern practitioners of psychoanalysis because of its readability and humanity.

[Ida Lachiusa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for new and experienced clinicians interested in psychodynamic therapy with their clients. Shapiro comes from a self-psychology, intersubjective model, which looks at how the therapist can also contribute to the client's transference reactions. He uses plain language yet is able to communicate in a very profound and beautiful way, offering ideas on how we can better understand ourselves and the clients we see.