Therapeutic Relationship Handbook: Theory & Practice

Divine Charura is a Senior Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Leeds Metropolitan University. He is an Adult Psychotherapist who works in the NHS, voluntary sector and in private practice. Divine is also an independent trainer, supervisor and coach. He has published various papers and contributed to various books which include The Transcultural Handbook for Counselling and Psychotherapy edited by Colin Lago (Open UP, 2011).Stephen Paul is a client-centred psychotherapist, practising the areas of therapy, supervision and coaching, and providing training. He retired as Director of The Centre for Psychological Therapies at Leeds Metropolitan University in 2012 after 20 years of service. His published work includes chapters on love, spirituality and therapy, coaching and group therapy.

• AcknowledgementsAbout the EditorsContributorsIntroductionSection 1: Modalities and the One-to-One Therapeutic RelationshipThe therapeutic relationship in counselling and psychotherapy Psychoanalysis and conceptualisation of the therapeutic relationshipCognitive Behaviour Therapy and the therapeutic relationshipExistential, humanistic and transpersonal therapies and the relational approachThe person centered approach: Courage, presence and complexity: A template for relationship in a postmodern/post-structuralist worldSection 2: Cross modality, Relational, Integrative, Creative and CoachingThe drama of the therapeutic encounter – a cross modality approachAn integrative approach to the psychotherapeutic relationship: Therapeutic challenges and successesRelational therapy - defining the therapeutic relationshipThe opportunities, challenges and complexities of maintaining therapeutic relationship within the creative therapiesProcess based relational-centred training: Preparing psychotherapy students to work at relational depthDimensions of the coaching relationshipSection 3: Group Therapies, Systemic, Couple/Marital and Family Therapy, and Sex TherapyThe relationship in group therapyThe therapeutic relationship in the systemic therapiesThe therapeutic relationship in couples/marital and family therapySex and relationship therapy: Therapeutic relationship perspectivesSection 4: The relationship in the helping professions and mental healthThe therapeutic relationship in the helping professionsWorking with diagnosis within psychiatric settings: About diagnosis evolution and paradigm shift Psychiatry and young peoplePsychotherapy for disorganised attachment, dissociation and dissociative identity disorderMaking the invisible visible: The relationship when working with learning disabilitiesSection 5: Further Dimensions of the Therapeutic RelationshipTranscultural and diversity perspectives: The space between usSpirituality in therapeutic relationshipsOnline text-based and video linked relationships: Holograms don't get hangoversThe neuroscience of relationships: Discovering the glia of relationship or reinventing the psychotherapeutic wheel?ConclusionIndex