Author: Len Sperry Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135093539 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 274
Book Description
How Master Therapists Work engages the reader in experiencing what really happens in therapy with master therapists: who they are, what they do, and how they bring about significant change in clients. It examines one master therapist’s actual six-session therapy (also available on DVD) that transformed a client’s life, resulting in changes that have been sustained for more than seven years. Session transcriptions directly involve the reader in every aspect of the therapeutic change process. This is followed by the commentary of a master therapist-psychotherapy researcher who explains how these changes were effected from a psychotherapy research perspective. Next, the master therapist who effected these changes explains what he was thinking and why he did what he did at key points in the therapy process. Then, the client shares her thoughts on this life changing therapeutic experience. This is a must have, one-of-a-kind book that will greatly enhance the therapeutic understanding and skills of both practicing therapists and therapists-in-training.
Author: Jeffrey A. Kottler Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118225813 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 307
Book Description
Learn from master therapists and bring your skills to the next level Bringing a breath of fresh air to the therapy profession, this compelling and thoughtful resource urges readers to move from competency to full mastery in the mental health field. Combining the findings of hundreds of previous studies, interviews with a wide range of master therapists, own unique experiences and perspectives, Jeffery A. Kottler and Jon Carlson have devised a guide that takes therapists out of their comfort zones. Professionals in the fields of psychology, counseling, social work, and human services, as well as graduate students studying for these professions, will find a level of honesty and candor in this resource, which tackles a range of essential topics in a frank, personal tone, and closes with a meaningful discussion about the challenges of striving for mastery. Master therapists and authors Kottler and Carlson explore a range of hot-button topics, such as: Cultural misunderstandings Disliking your clients (or having clients dislike you) Receiving negative feedback from clients Injecting creativity into the therapeutic process Finding time for social justice and advocacy On Being a Master Therapist provides a much-needed look at a range of topics that aren't often given such genuine and insightful treatment, with the goal of helping you attain the attributes that truly distinguish excellence in clinical practice. Start on your journey toward mastery with this thoughtful resource.
Author: Thomas M. Skovholt Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190496584 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 229
Book Description
In this 10th Anniversary text, Thomas M. Skovholt and Len Jennings paint an elaborate portrait of expert or "master" therapists. The book contains extensive qualitative research from three doctoral dissertations and an additional research study conducted over a seven-year period on the same ten master therapists. This intensive research project on master therapists, those considered the "best of the best" by their colleagues, is the most extensive research on high-level functioning of mental health professionals ever done. Therapists and counselors can use the insights gained from this book as potential guidelines for use in their own professional development. Furthermore, training programs may adopt it in an effort to develop desirable characteristics in their trainees. Featuring a brand new Preface and Epilogue, this 10th Anniversary Edition of Master Therapists revisits a landmark text in the field of counseling and therapy.
Author: Jeffrey A. Kottler Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135954046 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 222
Book Description
Bad Therapy offers a rare glimpse into the hearts and mind's of the profession's most famous authors, thinkers, and leaders when things aren't going so well. Jeffrey Kottler and Jon Carlson, who include their own therapy mishaps, interview twenty of the world's most famous practitioners who discuss their mistakes, misjudgements, and miscalculations on working with clients. Told through narratives, the failures are related with candor to expose the human side of leading therapists. Each therapist shares with regrets, what they learned from the experience, what others can learn from their mistakes, and the benefits of speaking openly about bad therapy.
Author: Jeffrey Kottler Publisher: Crown House Publishing ISBN: 1845906616 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 451
Book Description
In Their Finest Hour, therapists, on the cutting edge of their profession, detail their most professionally rewarding cases and share what they learnt from them. These outstanding therapists define achievement in their field, describe how therapy really works and speak frankly about how their cases shaped their ideas. Each interview was recorded and then transcribed and written into narrative prose, including re-created dialogue that was based on case notes and recordings.
Author: Thomas M. Skovholt Publisher: Allyn & Bacon ISBN: 9780205335060 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 0
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Prepublication Reviews for "Master Therapists"A This is a scholarly book that reads like a novel! Students will love this text. It will be required reading in my counseling skills courses in the future. Camille De Belle, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University "Master Therapists" concludes the elusive pursuit and characterization of therapeutic expertise. A sensitive, inspiring, and captivating portrait of how effective psychotherapists conduct their lives and therapy. John Norcross, Ph.D. University of Scranton When I started reading this book, I really became immersed in it. I couldnAt put it down--which I canAt say about many professional oriented texts!! Reading it was like going on a treasure hunt. Nancy Nishimura, Ph.D. University of Memphis This book provides food for thought that will undoubtedly stimulate engaging debates about the ingredients that make up psychotherapeutic excellence. Arnold Lazarus, Ph.D., Emeritus, Rutgers University I found Master Therapists to be eloquently written and personally inspiring. It is the culmination of a qualitative research project of immense breadth and depth. There is an effortless grace and flow to this book. The book is compelling not only in its substance but also in its warm, sensitive and elegant style. John Dagley, Ph.D. Auburn University This fascinating book addresses the intriguing question of how one moves from being a person who wants to help others to becoming a professional who effectively can. The insights contained here will not only be of interest to beginning therapists involved in their clinical training, but also to therapists who have evolved professionally over the course of their careers. Marvin Goldfried, Ph.D. State University of New York--Stony Brook I really liked the book. I personally would not change a thing about the text. The content is well-organized, coherently developed and presented. The writing style is engaging and comfortable, and while the text covers a lot of research it is an "easy" read. Carl Wyatt, Ph.D. Southwest Texas State University A very important book. This book takes the mystery out of mastery. Skovholt and Jennings delineate the core conditions of the master therapist practitioners. This book doesn't just talk about therapy and counseling but rather offers an insider's view. Jon Carlson, Ph.D Governors State University
Author: Gerald L. Klerman Publisher: Jason Aronson ISBN: 1568213506 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 270
Book Description
Reflecting exciting new trends in psychiatric treatment, the authors present their model of IPT, short-term psychotherapy for treating clinical depression.
Author: Len Jennings Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190222506 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 329
Book Description
In this book, qualitative studies on psychotherapy expertise from the U.S.A., Canada, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Portugal, and the Czech Republic are compiled and synthesized. Understanding the universal characteristics of expert therapists practicing around the world provides training programs and mental health practitioners with a heuristic for optimal therapist and counselor development.
Author: Jeffrey A. Kottler Publisher: Jossey-Bass ISBN: Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 280
Book Description
Compassionate Therapy explores the characteristics of difficult clients and the nature of client resistance. Arguing that conflict can be a constructive force, it shows how practitioners can use the struggle to examine their own abilities, deepen their compassion, and improve therapeutic flexibility and effectiveness. It offers proven approaches to working through therapeutic impasses with difficult clients and blAnds professional development with personal growth.
Author: Irvin D. Yalom Publisher: Basic Books ISBN: 9780465036103 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 512
Book Description
From one of the most celebrated and highly respected authorities in the field of psychotherapy comes a collection of his best works. In this anthology of Yalom's most influential work to date, readers experience the diversity of his writings, with pieces that range from the highly concrete and clinical to the abstract and theoretical.
Author: Len Sperry
Author: Jeffrey A. Kottler
Author: Thomas M. Skovholt
Author: Jeffrey A. Kottler
Author: Jeffrey Kottler
Author: Thomas M. Skovholt
Author: Gerald L. Klerman
Author: Len Jennings
Author: Jeffrey A. Kottler
Author: Irvin D. Yalom