by A. Damianakis (Author)

In the counseling room, the right word or intentionally placed phrase often accomplished what persuasion and extended explanation could not. A single metaphor, distinction, or one-line reframe could cut through misunderstanding and misgivings and turn a failing conversation toward the reconciliation the couple was seeking.

Connecting the Dots gathers the instruments that proved most consequential in clinical practice and in more than three and a half decades of study: metaphors, analogies, pithy phrases, distinctions, and templates, each grounded in The Human Element3 (Connection, Communication, and Calling).