by W. Meissner · tapa dura · ISBN 9780300066845
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«The Therapeutic Alliance» is W. W. Meissner's psychoanalysis essay, published by Yale University Press in hardback (400 pages, in English).
W. W. Meissner analyses theories on the therapeutic alliance, the collaborative relationship between therapist and patient that proves decisive in treatment. He separates it from transference, countertransference and the real relationship, and details its elements: frame, limits, neutrality, abstinence, empathy, trust, autonomy and initiative.
The work, originally published in 1996, includes a bibliography (pages 327-376) and an index.
A reference work for clinicians and theorists of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.
