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

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

The slow compromise, or even surrender, of our fondest hopes is a regular feature of normal human life.

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.

Many patients cannot hear until they feel heard.

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