Developing the Therapeutic Relationship

Orya Tishby, PsyD, received her master amp rsquo s degree from Hebrew University and doctorate from Rutgers, where she received the 99 Best Dissertation Award from the New Jersey Psychological Association. She is an associate professor in clinical psychology and clinical social work, Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, and is the former director of the Hebrew University Psychological Services. She is head of the clinical psychology graduate program, and clinical faculty at the School of Social Work and Social Welfare, as well as the director of the Freud Center for Research in Psychoanalysis. Dr. Tishby practices and supervises long- and short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy, and her research focuses on the therapeutic relationship and countertransference. She is coeditor (with Hadas Wiseman) of The Therapeutic Relationship: Innovative Investigations.  Hadas Wiseman, PhD, completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She received clinical training at the Clark Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, and at the Psychological Services at Hebrew University, where she also completed her postdoctorate. She is currently a professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Development, Faculty of Education, at the University of Haifa, Israel, and chair of the doctoral studies committee of the Department of Counseling and Human Development. Dr. Wiseman is also on faculty in the Weiss amp ndash Livnat International MA Program in Holocaust Studies, University of Haifa. Her scholarly work and research has focused on psychotherapy process, the therapeutic relationship, attachment and relationship patterns in psychotherapy, personal and professional development of psychotherapists, and intergenerational trauma and interpersonal relationships in families of Holocaust survivors. She served as president of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research. She coauthored (with Jacques P. Barber) Echoes of the Trauma: Relational Themes and Emotions in Children of Holocaust Survivors and coedited (with Orya Tishby) The Therapeutic Relationship: Innovative Investigations. Dr. Wiseman is a certified clinical psychologist in private practice in Kiryat Tivon, Israel.

amp ldquo The link between relationship processes and technique is brought to life in a rich array of engaging case studies that demonstrate how successful therapists negotiate the relationship, make key moment-to-moment decisions, and promote positive change in their clients. amp rdquo -Midwest Book Review The link between relationship processes and technique is brought to life in a rich array of engaging case studies that demonstrate how successful therapists negotiate the relationship, make key moment-to-moment decisions, and promote positive change in their clients.(Midwest Book Review)

• ContentsContributorsIntroductionOrya Tishby and Hadas WisemanChapter : The Psychotherapy Relationship: Where Does the Alliance Fit?Adam O. HorvathPart I: The Case Studies: Integrating Research and PracticeChapter 2: You Can amp rsquo t Cross the Same River Twice: A Case Study of Alliance Rupture and Repair  Laura Kohberger, Jeremy D. Safran, and J. Christopher MuranChapter 3: Patient and Therapist Relational Patterns: Implicit NegotiationsEmanuel Schattner and Orya TishbyChapter 4: Closeness and Distance Dynamics in the Therapeutic RelationshipHadas Wiseman and Dana Atzil-SlonimChapter 5: Facilitating the Sense of Feeling Understood in Patients With Maladaptive RelationshipsSigal Zilcha-Mano and Jacques P. BarberChapter : Clinical Choice Points and Professional Ethics in PsychoanalysisGaby Shefler  Chapter 7: The Therapeutic Relationship: A Warm, Important, and Potentially Mutative Factor in Cognitive amp ndash Behavioral TherapyLouis G. Castonguay, Soo Jeong Youn, Henry Xiao, and Andrew A. McAleaveyChapter 8: Negotiating Multiple Roles and Stances in Cognitive amp ndash Behavioral TherapyYoni Elizur and Jonathan D. HuppertChapter 9: Affirming the Case for Positive RegardBarry A. Farber and Jessica Y. SuzukiChapter : Empathy and Responsiveness in Emotion-Focused TherapyJeanne C. WatsonChapter : Where the Alliance and Systems Theory Meet in Brief Family TherapyLaurie Heatherington, Valent amp iacute n Escudero, and Myrna L. FriedlanderChapter 2: The Use of Immediacy in Supervisory RelationshipsClara E. Hill and Shudarshana GuptaPart II: Mapping Models and ConclusionsChapter 3: Mapping Models of the Therapeutic Relationship: Implications for Integrative PracticeStanley B. Messer and Daniel B. FishmanChapter 4: Conclusions: The Tapestry of the Therapeutic Relationship and Recommendations for Clinicians and ResearchersOrya Tishby and Hadas WisemanIndexAbout the Editors