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The Talking Cure

By: Professor Gillian Straker, Dr Jacqui Winship
Narrated by: Professor Gillian Straker, Dr Jacqui Winship
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Summary

'Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.' Carl Jung

The essence of successful therapy is the relationship between the therapist and the patient, a dance of growing trust and understanding. It is an intimate, messy, often surprising and sometimes confusing business -but when it works, it's life-changing.

In The Talking Cure, psychotherapists Gill Straker and Jacqui Winship bring us nine inspiring stories of transformation.

They introduce us to their clients, fictional amalgams of real-life cases, and reveal how the art of talking and listening helps us to understand deep-seated issues that profoundly influence who we are in the world and how we see ourselves in relation to others. We come to understand that the transformative power of the therapeutic relationship can be replicated in our everyday lives by the simple practice of paying attention and being present with those we love.

Whether you have experienced therapy (or are tempted to try it), or you are just intrigued by the possibilities of a little-understood but transformative process, this wise and compassionate book will deepen your sense of what it is to be open to connection - and your appreciation that to be human is to be a little bit mad.

©2019 Dr. Jacqui Winship, Professor Gillian Straker (P)2019 Macmillan Australia Audio
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Fascinating!

Wonderful eye-opening listening experience. The nine chapters each examine a different common dynamic - forms of 'everyday madness' - in which I was able to recognise my own patterns and those of people I know. The increased understanding of what might be happening under the surface leads to a more informed empathy, which I'm sure is going to be very helpful going forward as I come into contact with these sometimes trying behaviours in myself and others!
I plan to listen through the whole book again straight away - there's still a lot to absorb. But taking it in is made easier by the format, which uses realistic descriptions of people and their interactions with the therapist to provide a framework to which the theoretical parts of the book are then related.

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