A mindful approach to effective therapy effective therapy therapeutic presence is the state of having ones whole self in the encounter with a client by being completely in the moment on a multiplicity of levels physically emotionally cognitively and spiritually present therapists become aware of both their own experience and . Explicated as therapeutic presence has so it is difficult to compare them one important difference is that therapeutic presence is a relational experi ence of being fully in the moment that is bodily sensory and interpersonal whereas mindful awareness is within the self a mind based present moment awareness. Therapeutic presence a mindful approach to effective therapy by sm geller and ls greenberg washington dc american psychological association 2011 304 pp . Therapeutic presence a mindful approach to effective therapy the therapeutic relationship is essential to positive outcomes of psychotherapy in this book shari m geller and leslie s greenberg argue that therapeutic presence is the fundamental underlying quality of the therapeutic relationship and hence effective therapy. Therapeutic presence a mindful approach to effective therapy shari m geller and leslie s greenberg washington dc american psychological association 2012 304 pp hardback isbn 978 1 4338 1060 2 reviewed by manu bazzano published in person centered and experiential psychotherapies journal vol 12 no 2 june 2013 pp 177 80