LISTENING TO PATIENTS

In this gem of a book, master teacher and psychiatrist Richard G.Druss stresses a flexible and humane approach to psychotherapy. Usingclinical anecdotes as a method of teaching, Druss presents some of hisown early cases--failures as well as successes-and through these movingvignettes gives us fresh insights into both the therapeutic process andthe healing relationship between therapist and patient. As he has togenerations of supervisees, Druss describes the value and beauty oflearning how to listen to patients. The chapters in this volume follow alogical and chronological sequence--from the initial establishment ofrapport with a new patient to the realization of goals at the end oftherapy. Along the way, Druss examines such topics as Conflict,Personality, and Culture in Psychotherapy, The Spiritual Life ofPatients, and Patients Who Return to Psychotherapy After Termination.This book is written for psychiatry residents, medical students, andpractitioners of clinical psychology, social work, nursing, and primarycare medicine. This beautifully written volume, totally free of jargonand arcane terminology, would be of equal interest to any educatedperson who wishes to know more about modern dynamic psychotherapy.