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Withdrawal, Silence, Loneliness: Psychotherapy of the Schizoid Process

Author(s) : Richard G. Erskine

Reviews and Endorsements

Richard Erskine has extended Carl Rogers’ model of psychotherapy by inviting us to go “beyond empathy”; to practice psychotherapy with attunement, involvement, respect, and depth. Through extraordinarily presented cases, the reader will sense the suffering, fear, and loneliness experienced by people trapped between protective withdrawal and their need to be in relationship. I consider his book is fundamental for every psychotherapist since we all have clients who engage in a schizoid process.
Professor Ignacio Gómez-Marroquín, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain

Richard Erskine brilliantly demonstrates the effectiveness of a developmentally based, relationally focused psychotherapy for the treatment of patients who struggle with internal criticism and relational withdrawal. In this book, Dr. Erskine takes us through his clients’ intrapsychic conflicts and the multi dimensions of the psychotherapy as if he were reading us a story – a story that illustrates a unique psychotherapeutic approach. I strongly recommend this book to both novice and experienced psychotherapists.
Ruth Birkebaek, MD, UKCP Psychotherapist, London

In this impressive book Erskine gives a masterclass in working with silence. Together with nine invited contributors he explores the schizoid process – a condition way more prevalent that we realise. [...] I could not put down this deeply moving account of psychotherapy with a man with an isolated attachment style. The quality of Erskine's observations and his description of the therapeutic use of self are remarkable. [...] This is a gentle, hopeful book from a very experienced clinician.
Jane Cooper, former senior counsellor in higher education, BACP Therapy Today, Feb 2024, 35:1