1. Promising New Developments in the Therapist–Client Relationship: A Philosophy of Science Review and Preview

   • Alvin R. Mahrer
   • Chloe Johnston

   Introduction Pages: 3 - 24

2. What Is and Can Be Attributed to the Therapeutic Relationship?

   • Larry E. Beutler
   • T. Mark Harwood

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 33

3. Real Relationship: The “Something More” of Psychotherapy

   • Charles J. Gelso

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 40

4. Might Relationship “Techniques” Extend the Reach, Efficacy, and Efficiency of the Psychotherapies? The Challenge of Treatment-Resistant Outpatients

   • Karla Moras

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 50

5. The Relational Co-Construction of Selves: A Postmodern Perspective

   • Robert A. Neimeyer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 59

6. How Does the Relationship Facilitate Productive Client Thinking?

   • Arthur C. Bohart

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 69

7. In Experiential Sessions, There Is No Therapist or Client: There Is a “Teacher” and a “Practitioner”

   • Alvin R. Mahrer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 82

8. Shifting from Treatment Plans to Action Plans: Solidifying the Therapeutic Alliance

   • Florence W. Kaslow

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 92

9. Playing with Fire: Countertransference and Clinical Epistemology

   • Jeffrey A. Hayes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 100

10. A Transpersonal Way of Relating to Clients

    • John Rowan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 110

11. The Therapeutic Relationship as Viewed by Existential Psychotherapy: Re-Embracing the World

    • Ernesto Spinelli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 118

12. About the Contributors

    Biography Pages: 119 - 121