ABSTRACT

In this chapter, I want to bring you in camera-close to a sequence of sessions—my words, my thoughts, my therapeutic flaws—that I think best illustrate the parts of the art of listening deeply and the art of understanding that I've laid out so far along the way. One can only go so far in describing concept before the inevitable urgency of showing the thing pushes itself forward. So I've chosen a series of sessions to present word-for-word, thought-for-thought. It's as close to being there in the room and in my mind as you can get.