Finding a Relational Home in Integrative Psychotherapy I Special Guest Dr. Richard Erskine

Written By Senka .

Hosted by Marija Živković, psychologist and psychotherapist, and created by Darja Pačevski and Bogdan Marković, this podcast explores the personal and professional journeys of integrative psychotherapy trainers and supervisors, and how they have found their relational home in Relationally-Orientied, Developmentally-Based Integrative Psychotherapy.

🎧 In their first episode, we speak with dr. Richard Erskine, founder of Relationally-Oriented, Developmentally-Based Integrative Psychotherapy, psychologist and psychotherapist with over 50 years of experience. Enjoy warm, human conversations that reveal the journeys, challenges, and inspiration of those shaping integrative psychotherapy.

  • 0:00 - Introduction & Welcome

  • 1:15 - Richard's Journey into Psychotherapy

  • 2:18 - Working with Emotionally Disturbed Children

  • 4:52 - Development of Relational Orientation

  • 6:06 - Clients Bringing Him Back to Relational Work

  • 7:04 - Understanding Developmental vs. Relational Needs

  • 10:28 - What is Relational Contact?

  • 12:01 - Teaching Young Therapists

  • 15:30 - Defining "Relational Home"

  • 17:43 - Core of the Therapeutic Model

  • 20:28 - The New Book: Essays on Integrative Psychotherapy

  • 21:41 - Not Knowing What to Say in Therapy

  • 24:38 - The Power of Asking "What Do You Need?"

  • 25:29 - Learning from Mistakes

  • 27:04 - The Tango: Knowing vs. Feeling

  • 29:30 - Who Leads in Therapy?

  • 32:24 - Being Moved by Clients

  • 33:48 - Loving Clients Without Rescuing

  • 36:00 - Recognizing True Contact

  • 38:24 - Dealing with Challenging Clients

  • 42:09 - Doubting the Therapeutic Model

  • 45:31 - The Cowboy Therapist Fantasy

  • 47:36 - Learning from Multiple Personality Clients

  • 49:31 - Working with Schizoid Clients

  • 53:23 - When Does Therapy End?

  • 56:31 - Never Initiating Termination

  • 59:29 - Can Unhealed Therapists Help Others?

  • 1:01:24 - Healing Through the Therapeutic Relationship

  • 1:02:48 - Therapy: Art or Science?

  • 1:06:31 - Advice to Young Richard

  • 1:08:50 - What's In It For You?

  • 1:12:26 - Closing Reflections

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