Drawing on his rich experience within psychiatry, Leston Havens takes the reader on an extraordinary journey through the vast and changing landscape of psychotherapy and psychiatry today. Closely examining the dynamics of the doctor-patient exchange, he seeks to locate and describe the elusive therapeutic environment within which psychological healing most effectively takes place.

Leston Havens is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Hospital.

Read More by Leston Havens:

• Coming to Life
• Making Contact: Uses of Language in Psychotherapy
• The Real World Guide to Psychotherapy Practice