Vulnerable moments

the long version

"In psychotherapy, there are times when people take the risk of experiencing and exposing hidden aspects of themselves. This book is a study of these times, their nature, their importance, and how they can deepen the therapeutic process. The word vulnerable means "susceptible to being wounded." People who relinquish their usual characterological defenses open themselves to wounds of many sorts, from peripheral encounters with shame and rejection to direct personal attacks and potentially devastating losses. Still, it is precisely in moments of vulnerability that openness to new experience is possible."--BOOK JACKET.