The relationship between practitioner and client in professional therapeutic contexts is a crucial factor in the healing process. This practical guide draws on the vast body of information on that relationship from psychotherapy and presents it in a distilled and relevant format for the complementary therapist. It encourages practitioners to think about their own preferred styles of relating to clients and, using their own somatic awareness, to understand what may be going on in the relationship. Su Fox emphasises the importance of self care, boundary management, clear communication, clear con.

front cover; Relating to Clients: The Therapeutic Relationship forComplementary Therapists; Contents; Introduction; 1. What is the ProfessionalTherapeutic Relationship?; 2. Practitioner SelfAwareness; 3. Boundaries; 4. Communication Skills; 5. Power in the TherapeuticRelationship; 6. Touch in the TherapeuticRelationship; 7. Sex and the Erotic in theTherapeutic Relationship; 8. Psychotherapy and theTherapeutic Relationship; 9. Working with VulnerableClients; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; RECOMMENDED READING; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX.