Making Sense Together

Peter Buirski is dean emeritus and clinical professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver and is a clinical professor in the Psychiatry Department of the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He is on the faculty of the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis and is in private practice in Denver, Colorado.Pamela Haglund is an adjunct professor and clinical supervisor at the Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver. She is on the faculty of the Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis.Emily Markley is a psychologist at Craig Hospital and an adjunct professor and clinical supervisor at the Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver. She is also in private practice in Denver, Colorado.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1 Overview 2 Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity 3 The Intersubjective Sensibility 4 Understanding the Patient’s State of Mind: Affect Attunement and the Empathic-Introspective Stance 5 The Centrality of Relationship 6 Practicing Intersubjectively7 The Articulation of Subjective Experience8 The Antidote Dimension of the Therapy Relationship9 Listening and Responding Intersubjectively 10 Coconstructing a Developmental Narrative 11 Expanding the Field: Intersubjectivity Theory and Supervision 12 The Treatment of a Patient from the Intersubjective Perspective written in collaboration with H. C. BrunetteReferencesAbout the Author

Excellent overview of an intersubjective perspective. The essence of their tone is an empathic and attuned responsiveness toward patients that I believe will resonate with most clinicians and assist them in their work with patients.