Recently, I posted a two-part piece on the importance of cultivating and training therapists in empathy. I am confident that if a therapist has empathy, or even the seeds of…
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The important role of empathy in a therapeutic alliance is seldom emphasized in training, particularly as the treatment focus has moved toward pharmaceutical intervention. Perhaps some teachers of psychotherapy feel…
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Empathy is something mental health professionals are assumed to have in abundance. We normally take for granted that anyone wishing to be a therapist would have that fundamental quality as…
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A reader asked about working with alters that were afraid to present themselves authentically in therapy, even though at least some of them viewed their therapist as amazing. It seems…
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TRIGGER WARNING The following is in response to an enquiry which I think may have a general relevance to our readers. As the question involves violence within a DID multiplicity…
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