Introduction

The best and most efficient counseling is “heartfelt.” Responding fully to emotion, both Psychotherapist client’s and their own, is a theme woven throughout this text. Experiencing their clients’ emotions with them, while remaining aware of their own as counselor, is the golden road to developing deep caring and making healing connections. Psychotherapists have had the opportunity to write, research, present, teach, work, play, and parent together. Psychotherapists have experienced the power of building effective, fulfilling human relationships with students, serving as their teachers, advisers, and supporters. Psychotherapists provide many case examples to illustrate the skills and concepts of counseling. Some case examples were based on clients of them, some were based on clients of their students, and some examples are hypothetical or composite examples based on combinations of experiences with clients in similar situations. All case examples are presented without identifying information or with the information altered to protect privacy.