Let’s revisit the therapist’s attitude toward the patient in the psychotherapy relationship.
Mark L. Ruffalo, MSW, DPsa
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Dr Ruffalo is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando, Florida, and adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. He currently serves as director of psychotherapy training at the UCF/HCA Orlando Psychiatry Residency Program and is the Founding Editor of The Carlat Psychotherapy Report. He is a psychotherapist in private practice in Tampa, Florida.
Articles by Mark L. Ruffalo, MSW, DPsa
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