Editorial Review:

Throughout Europe, Patrick Casement's work on the interactional aspects of the therapeutic process is well known and highly acclaimed. In Casement's lucid treatise, LEARNING FROM THE PATIENT, everything in psychoanalytic theory and technique is up for questioning and for careful testing in the clinical setting; every concept used is explained and illustrated with clinical examples. The author offers an unusual openness about what really happens in the consulting room, including mistakes his own as well as others'. The patient's unconscious contribution to analytic work is fully illustrated. As a result of this approach, insight is arrived at with a rare freshness as theory is rediscovered in the consulting room.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Outstanding!:

I am a staff psychiatrist at an academic institution and I purchased this book for use in psychotherapy supervision with psychiatry residents. I am finding it is a great read for residents at all levels; practical for PGY-II's and helps III's and IV's take their therapy to a deeper level. Definitely recommended!

A must read:

If you are an advanced trainee in ANZ or a Chief Resident/Specialist Registrar in US or UK and have any hopes of practising as a psychotherapist or an early career psychiatrist with an interest in dynamic psychotherapy, this is a must read book. Casement, a social worker who later trained as an Analyst, writes easy. The book is not daunting and is understandable.

My 100-word book review:

Patrick Casement's honesty in writing this book is an inspiration to those of us aiming to be counsellors. Not many therapists would reveal and discuss their own mistakes and oversights so openly, with a view to helping others learn from them. Casement promotes active listening skills and use of the "internal supervisor" to gain awareness both of the client's and one's own internal processes. Also key to his approach is a willingness to embrace uncertainty and not to make snap judgements, in effect to make... more info

Pas de Deux:

In the "pas de deux", the dance between the therapist and the patient, so much goes on it's nearly impossible to get a grip on it all and Casement does a beautiful job of describing this. So much of what he "knows" he knows in retrospect, but such is the stuff of case histories. Meanwhile, when you're together, the dance goes on! What I liked especially about this book is that he makes an attempt to be humble in the presence of his patients; an attempt anyway. If you've ever been in the helping professions,... more info

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