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The Making of a Therapist - A Practical Guide For The Inner Journey (Hardcover)
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The Making of a Therapist - A Practical Guide For The Inner Journey (Hardcover)
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The difficulty and cost of training psychotherapists properly is
well known. It is far easier to provide a series of classes while
ignoring the more challenging personal components of training.
Despite the fact that the therapist's self-insight, emotional
maturity, and calm centeredness are critical for successful
psychotherapy, rote knowledge and technical skills are the focus of
most training programs. As a result, the therapist's personal
growth is either marginalized or ignored. The Making of a Therapist
counters this trend by offering graduate students and beginning
therapists a personal account of this important inner journey.
Cozolino provides a unique look inside the mind and heart of an
experienced therapist. Readers will find an exciting and privileged
window into the experience of the therapist who, like themselves,
is just starting out. In addition, The Making of a Therapist
contains the practical advice, common-sense wisdom, and
self-disclosure that practicing professionals have found to be the
most helpful during their own training.The first part of the book,
'Getting Through Your First Sessions, ' takes readers through the
often-perilous days and weeks of conducting initial sessions with
real clients. Cozolino addresses such basic concerns as: Do I need
to be completely healthy myself before I can help others? What do I
do if someone comes to me with an issue or problem I can't handle?
What should I do if I have trouble listening to my clients? What if
a client scares me?The second section of the book, 'Getting to Know
Your Clients, ' delves into the routine of therapy and the
subsequent stages in which you continue to work with clients and
help them. In this context, Cozolino presents the notion of the
'good enough' therapist, one who can surrender to his or her own
imperfections while still guiding the therapeutic relationship to a
positive outcome. The final section, 'Getting to Know Yourself, '
goes to the core of the therapist's relation to him- or herself,
addressing such issues as: How to turn your weaknesses into
strengths, and how to deal with the complicated issues of
pathological caretaking, countertransference, and self-care.Both an
excellent introduction to the field as well as a valuable refresher
for the experienced clinician, The Making of a Therapist offers
readers the tools and insight that make the journey of becoming a
therapist a rich and rewarding experience.
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