Richard G. Erskine, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, licensed psychoanalyst, certified transactional analyst and group psychotherapist. His professional background includes training in Gestalt therapy with both Fritz and Laura Perls, client-centered therapy, emotional and cognitive development, body-oriented psychotherapy, object relations therapy, and psychoanalytic self-psychology. Since 1976 he has served as the Training Director at the Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy in New York City and Vancouver, Canada, he is Professor of Psychology on the Faculty of Health Sciences at Deusto University, Bilbao, Spain, and he conducts professional development seminars in several countries, both in person and via the internet. His website is [...]

1. Stimulus, Structure, and Relationship 2. Trauma, Dissociation, and a Reparative Relationship 3. Wayne: The Emptiness of the Unloved Child 4. Child Development in Integrative Psychotherapy 5. Contributions of Gestalt Therapy 6. An Integrative Psychotherapy of Obsession 7. Presence and Involvement 8. Relational Withdrawal, Internal Criticism, Social Façade 9. Psychotherapy of Relational Withdrawal 10. The Truth Shall Set You Free 11. Saying an Honest "Goodbye" 12. Relational Group Process 13. Contact and Relational Needs in Couple Therapy 14. Reflections on Supervision in Integrative Psychotherapy 15. Compassion, Hope, and Forgiveness 16. The Psychotherapist's Myths, Dreams, and Realities