Kottler, Jeffrey A., Ph.D. (PhD, PhD, California State University)

On Being a Therapist

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For more than thirty years, On Being a Therapist has inspired generations of mental health professionals to explore the most private and sacred aspects of their work helping others. This thoroughly revised Sixth Edition, written during the COVID-19 pandemic, continues that tradition with an increased emphasis on self-care, teletherapy, and alternative service delivery.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• 6 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9780197604458
• ISBN-10: 0197604455
• Artikelnr.: 63046399

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey A. Kottler, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at California State University, Fullerton, and Scholar in Residence at The Alliance for Multicultural Community Services in Houston, Texas where he works on issues related to refugee resettlement. He is the author of over 100 books in the fields of counseling, psychology, social justice, and related fields.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Author
Preface
1. The Therapist's Journey
2. Struggles for Power and Influence
3. Personal and Professional Lives
4. On Being a Therapeutic Storyteller- and Listener
5. How Clients Change Their Therapists
6. Hardships of Therapeutic Practice
7. Being Imperfect, Living with Failure
8. Patients Who Test Our Patience
9. Boredom and Burnout
10. That Which Is Not Said: Myths and Secrets
11. Lies We Tell Ourselves- and Others
12. Self-Care Prospects and Realities: Becoming Models for Our Clients
13. Alternative Therapies for Therapists
14. Toward Creativity and Personal Growth
15. On Being a Client: How to Get the Most from Therapy
Discussion Questions
References
Name Index
Subject Index