"Frank (1982) emphasizes the importance of the relationship: The core of the patient-therapist relationship is the therapist's ability to inspire the patient's confidence in him as being competent and concerned with the patient's welfare.
Mere acceptance by the therapist for treatment, then, implies that the therapist values him and believes he can be helpful. This in itself boosts the patient's self-esteem, allays anxieties, and inspires hopes, thereby enabling the patient to become more flexible in his thinking and behaving, to face unacceptable aspects of himself, and to try out alternate ways of behaving and feeling.
In addition, hope is probably a healing emotion in itself. (pp. 171-172)"
OPPONENT-PROCESSES, STRESS, AND ATTRIBUTIONS: SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR SHAMANISM AND THE INITIATION OF HEALING RELATIONSHIPS, THOMAS E. SHIPLEY, JR. (1988), Psychotherapy, 25(4), 593-603.
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