Psychotherapy and Process: The Fundamentals of an Existential-Humanistic Approach

“This book takes you on a wonderful adventure through the process of psychotherapy, both from the side of the client and the therapist. Although it has brief moments of academic flavor, it is mostly engaging and interesting no matter from where you approach it. Bugental shares his own experience as a therapist and discusses a view on human potential that is beautiful, moving, and inspiring. I highly recommend this book for an enjoyable read (nonfiction) and for insight on what psychotherapy can be.”

Contents include:

Deficiency Levels of Therapeutic Goals

Matching Therapy to Client Needs

Other Contrasts among Therapies

What the Client Brings to the Enterprise

Desirable Qualities in a Therapist

The Fundamental Importance of Concern

An Existential-humanistic Ideal for the Client-therapist Relationship

Phases in the Psychotherapeutic Process

A Client’s Account of Working in Therapy

What the Therapist Does

Changes in Life Experience

Enlarged Sense of Identity