Can we ever say that a therapeutic relationship is a complete success? Or a complete failure? Or are these relationships, like the humans involved, too complicated to reduce to this simple binary? As Lou Agosta suggests, “If a practice or method such as psychoanalysis cannot fail, then can it really succeed?” Some self psychologists believe that without working through their therapists empathic failures, patients cannot heal.
Come join us on May 8th and be part of what’s sure to be a dynamic conversation.
Doris Brothers