Psychotherapy evolved as a means of liberating the human spirit from the constraints of psychoneurosis, and it should promote the creativity and inborn aptitudes and talents of the patient. Freeing the Human Spirit describes an approach to psychotherapy based on the teachings of Hellmuth Kaiser. It is nondirective, nonanalytic, communication-oriented, and similar to the person-centered approach advocated by Carl Rogers.Freeing the Human Spirit consists primarily of twenty-one case vignettes intended for readers who are involved or interested in psychotherapy and psychiatric private practice. Psychotherapy is best understood in the context of actual clinical transactions between therapist and patient. There is also an essay on the development of nondirective therapy.240 pp.