| A Clinician's Guide to Pathological Ambivalence: How to Be on Your Client's Side Without Taking a Side Contributor(s): Buchanan, Linda Paulk (Author) |
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ISBN: 0990344568 ISBN-13: 9780990344568 Publisher: TPI Press. the Practice Institute, LLC OUR PRICE: $40.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Clinical Psychology |
| LCCN: 2019931701 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6" W x 9" (0.66 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Resistant. Oppositional. Borderline. Mental health professionals commonly use such terms to describe patients who, despite expressing a strong desire to reduce their emotional distress, repeatedly reject or ignore their therapist's interpretations andadvice. When this continues session after session, both patient and therapist end up feeling stuck and frustrated.This book offers an alternative interpretation of patients' apparent resistance, termed pathological ambivalence, which is rooted in early experience, biological functioning, and psychological narrative. The concept of pathological ambivalence draws from several established theoretical perspectives in explaining why some people seem to sabotage their progress in psychotherapy and how some therapists become unintentional enablers. |