Having listened to people for a long time, I believe many of us should be thankful not to be shot.

Suffering brings the patient to us...the patient needs to feel heard and seen-that is, met, by another person.

An argument can be made that relationship building is the treatment.

Today many medications act across diagnostic groups. Alliance effects also transcend specific psychotherapy methods. Both may be affecting profound psychopathological processes.

Of course they fought as lovers must do to find a liveable space.

Having listened to people for a long time, I believe many of us should be thankful not to be shot.

Above all, the clinician must not shake what little faith the patient has in himself.