"Therapeutic growth is anchored in relationship. It is through relationship that contact with self and with others is enhanced, memories are recovered, and the self is reintegrated. Without a contactful relationship between therapist and client, therapy is at best mechanical, symptom-bound process: figure out what behaviors are not working, change them and get out. A relationship-oriented therapy, in contrast, concerns itself with the whole person and with recovering fragmented aspects of oneself and bringing them together—the basis of change”
–Beyond Empathy
–Beyond Empathy