Howard Rosenthal

Before You See Your First Client

55 Things Counselors, Therapists and Human Service Workers Need to Know

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781138147669
• ISBN-10: 1138147664
• Artikelnr.: 72833825

Autorenporträt

Howard Rosenthal, Ed.D., NCC, is Director of the Human Services Program at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley. A longtime Brunner-Routledge (and before that Accelerated Development) author, Dr. Rosenthal is the author of, among other best-selling Brunner-Routledge titles, The Encyclopedia of Counseling.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Join Forces with a Psychiatrist to Open a Risk-Free Private
Practice. Don't Become Married to a Single Referral Source. Accept the Fact
That Salaries in this Field Are Often Unfair. It Pays to Be Assertive When
You're Shopping for Your Salary. Managed Care Panels Often Slam the Door in
Your Face. Managed Care Firms Dictate Who, When and How. The Multicultural
Diversity Secret: You Can Work with a Wider Range of People than You Think.
Never Give Any Client Information without a Signed Release-of-Information
Form. You Must Use a DSM or ICD Diagnosis to Secure Third-party Payments.
The Insurance Superbill Must Have Your Name as the Provider. Lecturing May
Not Flood Your Waiting Room with Clients. Referrals Received Do Not
Determine How Many New Clients You Actually See. Managed Care Companies
Discriminate against Some Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories. Refer
Severely Depressed Clients for a Medical or Psychiatric Evaluation. Find
Out if the Psychological and Psycho-Educational Test Reports You Receive
Are Individualized. Don't Be Mislead by Clients Who Initially Put You on a
Pedestal. Most Professional Certifications Won't Help You Secure Insurance
Payments. Don't Use Paradoxical Interventions with Suicidal and Homicidal
Clients. Conduct a Suicide Assessment on Each Initial Client. Don't Try to
Clone Your Favorite Therapist. When in Doubt, Use a Person-Centered
Response. Read Ethical Guidelines Before You Even So Much as Hug a Client.
Don't Rush to Therapeutic Judgment Until You Get All the Facts. The Number
One Therapeutic Blunder: Confronting Sooner than Later. You Are Not a
Failure if You Don't Land Your Dream Job. Your Supervisor's Knowledge and
Experience Should Not Be Underestimated. Use Verbiage Your Client Will
Understand. Be a Better Helper by Networking with Others in the Field.
Grandfathering: The Fast Track for Snaring Licenses and Certifications. Use
Free Advertising to Build Your Agency or Practice. Helpers are Mandated
Child-Abuse Reporters. Beyond Confidentiality: Professional Counselors and
Therapists Have a Duty to Warn. If You Want to Work in a Public School,
Contact the Department of Education. Don't Let a Day from Hell in Court
Lower Your Professional Self-Esteem. Save Your Course Catalogs to Invest in
Your Future. Enhance Sessions by Adjusting Group Treatment Exercises and
Using Small Talk. If a Client Was Disappointed with the Previous Helper
Find Out Why. Use Caution When Considering the "In" Diagnosis. Don't Go
into This Field to Recount Old War Stories about Your Own Recovery. Don't
Become Married to a Single System of Psychotherapy. Be Enthusiastic if You
Want to Be a Better Workshop Presenter. Don't Try to Clone Your Favorite
Mental Health Lecturer. If a Client You Have Been Seeing for an Extended
Period of Time Requests Marriage, Family or Couples Therapy, Consider a
Referral to Another Therapist. Be Prepared to Change Therapeutic Strategies
at a Moment's Notice. Documentation: The Royal Road to Promotion. Avoid
Dual Relationships Like the Plague. Insider Tips for a Good Cover Letter
and Human Service Resumè. If You Are Daydreaming, Your Client Will Perceive
You as an Uninterested Helper. Pick a Theory of Intervention and a Job You
Believe In. Despite the Pitfalls, Make Friends with the Media to Promote
Yourself and Your Agency. Writing a Book or Starting a Project? Ask Your
Agency First. Your Employment and Credentials Determine What You Pay for
Malpractice Insurance. Private Practice is Not a Panacea for Everything
that Ails You. Steer Clear of False Memory Syndrome. Create an Emotional
Trophy Closet to Help You Through a Bad Day. Conclusion.