Download or read book The Empathic Healer written by Michael J. Bennett and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2001-03-23 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author establishes a new foundation for the use and value of clinical empathy that is based on a distinction between treatment and healing, and a model for using psychotherapy as a component of an organized system of care: focused, attuned to the patient's presenting motive, and consistent with our understanding of the relationship between mind and brain.