The Making of a Therapist: A Practical Guide for the Inner Journey 978-0-393-70898-1
The difficulty and cost of training psychotherapists properly is well known. It is far easier to provide a series of cla
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Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Imagination and Reality
Discovering and Taming the Unconscious
The Goals of this Book
PART ONE
GETTING THROUGH YOUR FIRST SESSIONS
1. What Have I Gotten Myself Into?
“I Don’t Know”
Giving Yourself Permission to Not Know
Desperately Seeking Systems
Dreams of the Messiah
2. Getting Centered and Learning to Listen
Take Time to Get Centered
The Power of Listening
Eye Contact
Communication Styles in Psychotherapy
3. Now What Do I Do?
Psychotherapy in a Nutshell
What to Say, What to Do
Case Conceptualizations
Treatment Plans
Case Notes
The Catch-22
4. Survival Strategies
Don’t Panic in the Face of the Pathology
Expect the Unexpected
Crisis as Communication
Don’t Try to Reason with an Irrational Person
Don’t Forget a Client’s Strengths
5. Beware of Assumptions
Cultural and Religious Assumptions
No One Is an Expert on Culture
Prejudice Is Everywhere
The Shame of the Accused
PART TWO
GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CLIENTS
6. Challenges and Strategies
The Value of Confusion
The Good-Enough Therapist
Making Good Mistakes
The Projective Hypothesis
Silence as a Background for Communication
7. The Therapist’s Feelings: Anticipated and Unanticipated
Impatience
“Hey, That Was My Insight!”
Sexual Attraction
The Power of Regression
Doctor Heal Thyself
8. It’s Scary to Go to Therapy: The Paradox of Client Resistance
The Basic Paradox
Meeting Resistance with Acceptance
Dealing with Cancellations
Premature Termination
Wanting to Fire a Client
Discussing and Collecting Fees
Making Interpretations
9. In the Eye of the Storm: The Therapist’s Challenge
Shuttling Between Yourself and Your Client
Shuttling Between Mind and Body
Learning from Distraction, Boredom, and Fatigue
On Being Tied to the Mast
The Seduction of Words
Talking Less and Saying More
Paying Attention to Dreams
10. Turning Weaknesses into Strengths
Taking Sides and Neutrality
Reality Drift
Knowing Your Stimulus Value
Confidentiality
PART THREE
GETTING TO KNOW YOURSELF
11. Uncovering Countertransference
Manifestations and Underlying Issues
An Exercise in Uncovering Countertransference
“Things Were Just Perfect”
12. The Making of a Caretaker
The Vulnerable Healer
The Therapist’s Childhood in the Consulting Room
Pathological Caretaking
The Gifted Child
Shame-Based Experience and Behavior
Becoming a Therapist
13. Building a Satisfying and Sane Career: Cautions and Encouragement
Principle One: Know Your Limits and Select Your Clients
Principle Two: Engage in Consistent Self-Care
Principle Three: Keep Perspective
Principle Four: Watch Out for Trauma Contagion
Principle Five: Know Your Laws and Ethics
What They Don’t Teach You in School
What Therapeutic Orientation Should You Choose?
Where Should You Work?
14. Walkin’ the Walk
Mindfulness
Reunion
References and Suggested Readings
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