Quote by Edward Teyber

“Therapists will have much more impact when they are able to conceptualize or discern more precisely what this client’s core problem really is, how…

— Edward Teyber

In top-down processing, which is normally what we do in psychotherapy, we talk about our problems, our symptoms, or our relationships. And then the…

— Peter A. Levine

“The therapist's worldview is in itself isolating. Seasoned therapists view relationships differently, they sometimes lose patience with social ritual and bureaucracy, they cannot abide…

— Irvin D. Yalom

If you are writing a story and trying to draw an audience to come and hear you tell it, it's got to in some…

— Matt Damon

“Most therapists grew up struggling to be loved and accepted by others. Because of these early experiences, many of us find it difficult to…

— Louis Cozolino

“Later on, I see how often therapists keep patients coming to them, not so much for the benefit of the patients but to satisfy…

— Marie Balter

You know, I think everybody I've seen has come from some other therapy, and almost invariably it's very much the same thing: the therapist…

— Irvin D. Yalom

“A therapist has to have clear boundaries, even with former clients. People already get into our heads—if they also get into our lives, there’s…

— Louise Penny

Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it's like to be on the other side of the couch…

— Irvin D. Yalom

“These unwanted performance pressures are generated when new therapists frame what they don’t know or can’t do yet as a “deficit” or as evidence…

— Edward Teyber

“Toward the end of the first session, no matter how well it seems to have gone, the therapist is encouraged to ask clients how…

— Edward Teyber

The best of modern therapy is much like a process of shared meditation, where therapist and client sit together, learning to pay close attention…

— Jack Kornfield