Bücher von Martha Stark

A primer on resistance. It takes as the heart of the clinical problem the patient's reluctance to change, that ubiquitous and paradoxical phenomenon in psychotherapy in which people come asking for help in changing, and then do their level best to keep change from happening.

How do we position ourselves in relation to our patients? Do we participate as neutral object, as empathetic self-object, or as authentic subject? Do we strive to enhance the patient's knowledge, to provide a corrective experience, or to work at the intimate edge?