Posted by Twinleaf on July 28, 2013, at 10:59:54
I have just finished reading "in the Shadow of the Tsunami" by Philip Bromberg, a prominent relational analyst. There is a fascinating foreword by Allan Schore. (Affect Regulation). They make a very strong case that it is the right hemisphere of the patient communicating with the right hemisphere of the therapist which increases the patient's ability to deal with stressful emotions - much as a good-enough mother helps a baby learn to tolerate them. They make a good case that non-verbal communication is at least 60% of all communication, and they also encourage therapists to avoid left hemisphere interpretive communications. Over-all, I think many of us are aware that therapy is moving in a more interpersonal, emotion-based direction, but this is fascinating reading for anyone interested in its leading edge.
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