TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - The Way of Imperfection
JO  - British journal of psychotherapy
A1  - Field, Nathan
SP  - 139
EP  - 147
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
N2  - It is entirely admirable that we should aim to become better psychotherapists. But where this becomes an obsession with the correctness of therapeutic technique it may prove counter-productive. Too great a striving for perfection on the part of the psychotherapist does not help the patient; it only re-enacts the compulsion to perfection from which the patient himself very likely suffers. Not only is it human to err: error itself, and the capacity to recover from it, can provide both therapist and patient with unique opportunities for insight and personal growth.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0265-9883
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0118.1992.tb01212.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -