ABSTRACT
Psychotherapy is a laboratory as well as a treatment (Greenberg, 1991; Kvale, 1997; Thompson, 1987). It offers a more intimate access to human experience than does almost any other arena. A s Len Horowitz (1994) pointed out, psychotherapy researchers have the truly privileged position of working with people who “open their hearts and, in a spirit of trust and optimism, reveal what is most private and personal” (p. 18). I think that from studying psychotherapy we can draw concepts and understandings about human thoughts, feelings, communication, and relationships that have a far wider application.
