ABSTRACT
In 1909 Muensterberg observed, “That which binds all psychotherapeutic efforts together into unity is the method of treatment.” In a more modern view, Frank (1961) suggested three criteria for a psychotherapeutic relationship: (1) A trained, socially sanctioned healer whose healing skills are accepted by the sufferer; (2) A sufferer who to seek relief comes to the healer; (3) A fairly circumscribed and structured series of contacts between healer and sufferer, individually or group shared. The changes in the sufferer’s life are brought about primarily with words, acts, or rituals in which the sufferer and the healer participate jointly.
