A Safe Place Leston Havens

Name: A Safe Place By Leston Havens
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A Safe Place by Leston Havens

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Summary

Drawing on his rich experience, Havens offers an extraordinary journey through the vast and changing landscape of psychotherapy and psychiatry. Closely examining the dynamics of the doctorpatient exchange, he locates and describes the elusive therapeutic environment within which psychological healing most effectively takes place.

A Safe Place Summary

A Safe Place: Laying the Groundwork of Psychotherapy by Leston Havens

Drawing on his rich experience within psychiatry, Leston Havens takes the reader on an extraordinary journey through the vast and changing landscape of psychotherapy and psychiatry today. Closely examining the dynamics of the doctorpatient exchange, he seeks to locate and describe the elusive therapeutic environment within which psychological healing most effectively takes place.

A Safe Place Reviews

Havenss views on psychotherapy and the work of mental health practitioners are interesting and provocative. Sitting beside Leston Havens and letting him share thoughts with you is time well spent. -- Simon H. Budman * Contemporary Psychology *
With considerable insight, Leston Havens offers us a fine new glimpse into the art of psychotherapy What every reader will get from reading A Safe Place is an unforgettable sense of a professional healer who is so empathetic that one can almost see his mind reach out to embrace another. -- Richard Flaste * New York Times Book Review *
Capacious intelligence, generous spirit, and quirky grace characterize this collection of essays Havens introduces a powerful humanity to the case study, using his experiences of [patients] to illustrate what seemed to work, what mistakes were made, and what conclusions might cautiously be drawn. * Publishers Weekly *

About Leston Havens

Leston Havens was Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Hospital.

Additional information

Sku

GOR003544240

ISBN 13

9780674000865

ISBN 10

0674000862

Title

A Safe Place: Laying the Groundwork of Psychotherapy by Leston Havens

Author

Leston Havens

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Year published

1996-03-01

Number of pages

174

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us