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The first goal is for the clinician to find the patient, and the patient to find the clinician, as both are required for a real alliance.
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Having listened to people for a long time, I believe many of us should be thankful not to be shot.
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Above all, the clinician must not shake what little faith the patient has in himself.
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The slow compromise, or even surrender, of our fondest hopes is a regular feature of normal human life.
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Of course they fought as lovers must do to find a liveable space.
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Today many medications act across diagnostic groups. Alliance effects also transcend specific psychotherapy methods. Both may be affecting profound psychopathological processes.
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Suffering brings the patient to us...the patient needs to feel heard and seen-that is, met, by another person.
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Many patients cannot hear until they feel heard.
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An argument can be made that relationship building is the treatment.
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