Includes bibliographical references and index.

Helping others in religious, cultural, and psychological contexts / Augustine Meier and Martin Rovers -- The therapeutic relationship and techniques : how clients bring about desired changes / Augustine Meier -- The fate of the helping relationship in the age of manualized treatments : evidence-based practice and time-limited psychotherapies / Tricia Sch�ottler -- Transference and contertransference revisited / Augustine Meier -- Working with transference and contertransference in psychotherapy / Shelley Briscoe-Dimock -- Working through the transference of an unresolved separation/individuation pattern : a case study using theme-analysis / Augustine Meier, Micheline Boivin, and Molisa Meier -- The medical model of psychotherapy : in historical perspective / John Dimock -- The helping relationship : a context for learning / Kristine Lund -- Mentoring : educating for mental growth / Lorraine Ste-Marie -- The helping relationship in CPE supervision / Marsha Cutting -- The pastorate as helping relationship / Bradley T. Morrison.

The increased use of and emphasis on managed care, manualized treatment protocols, evidence-based treatments and quick treatments have marginalized the role of the helping relationship in the helping professions. This shift has sparked a debate within the helping professions over whether the helping relationship or technique is primarily responsible for healing and change. The Helping Relationship weighs in on this debate, arguing that healing and change always take place within the context of relationships and that the relationship is more important than the technique. While recognizing the v.

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