Relating in psychotherapy
the application of a new theory
by John Birtchnell
In his earlier book, How Humans Relate, John Birtchnell proposed that relating occurs along two axes, a horizontal one concerning becoming close versus being distant and a vertical one concerning being upper versus being lower. He called closeness, distance, upperness, and lowerness the relating objectives, and he proposed that people need to acquire competence in attaining and maintaining these objectives. In this book, he argues that the task of psychotherapists is to identify and correct, within these axes, people's relating incompetencies, and to enable people to cope with the relating incompetencies of others. He considers this to be the case across all psychotherapies.
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Relating in Psychotherapy: The Application of a New Theory
2017, Taylor & Francis Group
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Relating in Psychotherapy: The Application of a New Theory
2013, Taylor & Francis Group
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Relating in Psychotherapy: The Application of a New Theory
2013, Taylor & Francis Group
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Relating in Psychotherapy: the Application of a New Theory
2013, Routledge
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Relating in Psychotherapy: The Application of a New Theory
June 7, 2002, Routledge
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Relating in psychotherapy: the application of a new theory
1999, Praeger
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Relating in Psychotherapy: The Application of a New Theory
1999, ABC-CLIO, LLC
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-258) and indexes.
Sequel to : How humans relate.
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"This book is written around a theory that was fully described in an earlier book (Birtchnell, 1993/1996)."
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