ABSTRACT

This book focuses on uncovering and challenging the many myths and fixed images about communication and healing. It hopes to raise awareness, and stimulate, provoke, and offer alternative perspectives that will lead healthcare practitioners to communicate differently with their patients.

chapter 2|10 pages

Seeing the whole

chapter 3|6 pages

Resistance

chapter 4|5 pages

But listening is art

chapter 5|8 pages

But there is no time for listening

chapter 6|7 pages

But listening is simple

chapter 7|5 pages

But listening is so passive

chapter 8|6 pages

But listening leaves me without control

chapter 10|8 pages

What to listen for: psychological medicine

chapter 11|14 pages

What to listen for: trauma

chapter 12|8 pages

What to listen for: shame

chapter 13|19 pages

What to listen for: suffering

chapter 14|7 pages

What to use: metaphor and simile

chapter 15|9 pages

What to use: ritual

chapter 16|9 pages

What to attend to: boundaries

chapter 17|9 pages

What to use: psychotherapy

chapter 18|3 pages

Conclusion: reclaiming the white coat