Working from the Heart: A Therapist's Guide to Heart-Centered Psychotherapy
When therapists work in a heart-centered way, they feel freer to be both professionals and loving human beings. Working from the Heart advocates for a deeper understanding that the therapist's expressions of non-sexual, non-romantic love are a core ingredient in effective psychotherapy. Each chapter in Working from the Heart focuses from a heart-centered perspective on a particular aspect of therapeutic work that has been insufficiently addressed in traditional training and supervision. Chapter topics include: removing patients' psychological blocks to receiving love; enabling patients to access their Higher Selves to solve complex life dilemmas; how to slog through professional and personal conflicts about touch in order to discern in what situations and with which patients gentle touch is the right therapeutic action; why a heart-centered approach is so important for male patients; how therapists can engage their "Big Hearts," aspects of their Higher Selves, during sessions; and how to create sanctuary for patients and therapists alike.

Working from the Heart addresses these issues in an informal style in order to make the book more accessible to wider spectrum of readers. Ryan is sharing his ideas, gleaned from thirty-five years of experience, and inviting a conversation.

For more information, please visit http://www.williampryan.com/.
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Working from the Heart: A Therapist's Guide to Heart-Centered Psychotherapy
When therapists work in a heart-centered way, they feel freer to be both professionals and loving human beings. Working from the Heart advocates for a deeper understanding that the therapist's expressions of non-sexual, non-romantic love are a core ingredient in effective psychotherapy. Each chapter in Working from the Heart focuses from a heart-centered perspective on a particular aspect of therapeutic work that has been insufficiently addressed in traditional training and supervision. Chapter topics include: removing patients' psychological blocks to receiving love; enabling patients to access their Higher Selves to solve complex life dilemmas; how to slog through professional and personal conflicts about touch in order to discern in what situations and with which patients gentle touch is the right therapeutic action; why a heart-centered approach is so important for male patients; how therapists can engage their "Big Hearts," aspects of their Higher Selves, during sessions; and how to create sanctuary for patients and therapists alike.

Working from the Heart addresses these issues in an informal style in order to make the book more accessible to wider spectrum of readers. Ryan is sharing his ideas, gleaned from thirty-five years of experience, and inviting a conversation.

For more information, please visit http://www.williampryan.com/.
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Working from the Heart: A Therapist's Guide to Heart-Centered Psychotherapy

Working from the Heart: A Therapist's Guide to Heart-Centered Psychotherapy

by William P. Ryan
Working from the Heart: A Therapist's Guide to Heart-Centered Psychotherapy

Working from the Heart: A Therapist's Guide to Heart-Centered Psychotherapy

by William P. Ryan

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Overview

When therapists work in a heart-centered way, they feel freer to be both professionals and loving human beings. Working from the Heart advocates for a deeper understanding that the therapist's expressions of non-sexual, non-romantic love are a core ingredient in effective psychotherapy. Each chapter in Working from the Heart focuses from a heart-centered perspective on a particular aspect of therapeutic work that has been insufficiently addressed in traditional training and supervision. Chapter topics include: removing patients' psychological blocks to receiving love; enabling patients to access their Higher Selves to solve complex life dilemmas; how to slog through professional and personal conflicts about touch in order to discern in what situations and with which patients gentle touch is the right therapeutic action; why a heart-centered approach is so important for male patients; how therapists can engage their "Big Hearts," aspects of their Higher Selves, during sessions; and how to create sanctuary for patients and therapists alike.

Working from the Heart addresses these issues in an informal style in order to make the book more accessible to wider spectrum of readers. Ryan is sharing his ideas, gleaned from thirty-five years of experience, and inviting a conversation.

For more information, please visit http://www.williampryan.com/.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780765707987
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 07/16/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 182
File size: 556 KB

About the Author

William P. Ryan, PhD, has been a psychotherapist in private practice for more than thirty-five years. He has taught college at both undergraduate and graduate levels and been a consultant in drug prevention, agencies for children, and law enforcement. Read more about Dr. Ryan and the book at http://www.williampryan.com

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Dedication
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Chapter One: Wisdom of the Heart
Chapter 4 Chapter Two: Self-Forgiveness
Chapter 5 Chapter Three: Uprooting the Implants
Chapter 6 Chapter Four: The Council
Chapter 7 Chapter Five: Touch
Chapter 8 Chapter Six: Men
Chapter 9 Chapter Seven: Love Blocks
Chapter 10 Chapter Eight: Small Heart, Big Heart
Chapter 11 Chapter Nine: Sanctuary
Chapter 12 Chapter Ten: Recharging
Chapter 13 Chapter Eleven: Anam Cara
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