This includes emotional and cognitive responses to treatment that are sometimes dramatic, intense, and distressing to patient and practitioner; for example, a crisis related to past abuse and the question of whether so a so-called healing crisis is useful or a risk to the patient.

Answer from Correspondents

The following statement, provided by a correspondent, exquisitely expresses my own sentiment:

[By] relying on that in myself that is faithful, trustworthy, and open, and trying to communicate that naturally. Patients understand that even if it’s just the “Ten Questions.”