But I Will Not Tie Your Hands

But I will not tie your hands is a compassionate and realistic warning that Neury José Botega repeats to patients and families: an invitation to symmetrical responsibilities, to care that does not imprison. It gives name and form to what is proposed here: a reflection on the singular encounter between caregiver and patient in the face of the risk of suicide.


A continuation of the path opened by Suicidal Crisis: assessment and management, the book is not a practical manual. It is an open text, blending clinical cases, psychoanalytic references, and experience accumulated over decades of work at the interface between psychiatry and other specialties. Each chapter starts from a real situation to examine the challenges of listening, transference, and the limits of caring.


For professionals who want to go beyond the protocol, deepening their listening, recognizing their own emotions in the therapeutic relationship, and learning to cross the abyss hand in hand with their patient.

Book Details:

• Author: Neury José Botega
• Publisher: Artmed
• Number of Pages: 256