Thomas M. Skovholt

Becoming a Therapist (eBook, PDF)

On the Path to Mastery

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Praise for Becoming a Therapist "This resource is filled with practical and personal advice, relevant stories, and examples, and reads more like help from a friend than a typical textbook." --Roberta L. Nutt, PhD, ABPP, Visiting Professor and Training Director, Counseling Psychology Program, University of Houston "Ah, now this is the book I wish had been available when I entered the field. Tom Skovholt has defined the initial experiences and followed the process through to the culmination of the therapeutic experience in a truly great book. Becoming a Therapist is a major contribution to our field." --Arthur (Andy) M. Horne, Dean and Distinguished Research Professor, College of Education, The University of Georgia; President-Elect, Society of Counseling Psychology "Becoming a Therapist's informal style is accessible and engaging and yet soundly grounded in evidence and in the wisdom Skovholt has developed through his career-long research on psychotherapists and their development." --Rodney K. Goodyear, PhD, Professor, School of Education, University of Redlands; Emeritus Professor of Education (Counseling Psychology), University of Southern California Essential guidance for mental health professionals navigating the start of their helping careers Written for those entering a career in the helping professions, Becoming a Therapist: On the Path to Mastery explores the therapeutic career path for new practitioners, painting a vivid portrait of the novice therapist's journey. This practical book guides you in using the helping relationship to improve the lives of others, whether your chosen profession is in counseling, clinical psychology, social work, school counseling, addictions counseling, family therapy, medicine, community counseling, pastoral counseling, or academic advising. Destined to become the resource every new practitioner turns to again and again, Becoming a Therapist prepares you for the reality of what it means to be a beginning therapist, with relevant discussion of: * The fifteen indispensable qualities of every mental health professional * The unfolding practitioner self * Self-care for burnout prevention and resiliency development * The importance of culturally competent practice to practitioner expertise * Practice, research/theory, and personal life: the practitioner's learning triangle * The significance of peer relationships in the novice experience Steeped in author Thomas Skovholt's years of experience, Becoming a Therapist thoroughly and clearly illustrates the excitement, intensity, anxiety--and, ultimately, the satisfaction--you can expect as a helping professional.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley-IEEE Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118178171
• Artikelnr.: 38238938

Autorenporträt

THOMAS M. SKOVHOLT, PHD, ABPP, is a professor in the counselor training program at the University of Minnesota and a licensed psychologist. He teaches the practicum course for MA and doctoral students and the supervision practicum course for doctoral students. His research and writing is on practitioner development and includes practitioner resiliency, developmental phases, master therapists, and struggles of the beginner. He is board certified by ABPP, a Fellow of APA, and a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at the University of Minnesota. His international experiences include a Fulbright year in Turkey and teaching in Singapore.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
1 Opening Up Your Life to the Excitement of the Therapy and Counseling
Professions 1
2 Novice Advantages 21
3 The Curse of Ambiguity and Other Ills and What to Do About Them 33
4 Who Am I Becoming? The Unfolding Practitioner Self 67
5 Developing Habits of Culturally Competent Practice 79
Michael Goh, Thomas M. Skovholt, Ava Yang, and Michael Starkey
6 Issues, Concerns, and Tips as Antidotes to Novice Stress 101
7 Becoming a Resilient Practitioner 115
8 The Cycle of Caring 149
Thomas M. Skovholt and Michelle Trotter-Mathisen
9 The Practitioner's Learning Triangle: Practice, Research/Theory, and
Personal Life 167
Thomas M. Skovholt and Michael Starkey
10 The Path Toward Mastery: Phases and Themes of Development 181
Thomas M. Skovholt and Michael H. Rønnestad
11 Practitioner Mastery and Expertise 203
Thomas M. Skovholt, Mark Vaughan, and Len Jennings
12 Vertical and Horizontal Nurturance for the Novice: Clinical Supervisors
and Many Other Peers 243
Thomas M. Skovholt and Yoonhee Sung
13 Worlds Apart: The Academic Research Culture and the Therapy Practice
Culture and the Search for Common Space 259
14 Epilogue: Promise and Meaning of the Work 285
Index 293

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Praise for Becoming a Therapist

"Becoming a Therapist is the perfect book to beginthe journey toward becoming an effective therapist. Dr. ThomasSkovholt has created a book that is easy to read BUT very hard toput down. The perfect book for the beginning counselingstudent."
--Jon Carlson, PsyD, EdD
Distinguished Professor
Governors State University

"This resource is filled with practical and personal advice,relevant stories and examples, and reads more like help from afriend than a typical textbook."
--Roberta L. Nutt, PhD, ABPP
Visiting Professor & Training Director
Counseling Psychology Program
University of Houston

"Ah, now this is the book I wish had been available when Ientered the field. Tom Skovholt has defined the initial experiencesand followed the process through to the culmination of thetherapeutic experience in a truly great book; Becoming aTherapist is a major contribution to our field."
--Arthur (Andy) M. Horne
Dean and Distinguished Research Professor
President-Elect, Society of Counseling Psychology
College of Education
The University of Georgia

"Becoming a Therapist's informal style is accessible andengaging and yet soundly grounded in evidence and in the wisdomSkovholt has developed through his career-long research onpsychotherapists and their development."
--Rodney K. Goodyear, PhD
Professor, School of Education, University of Redlands
Emeritus Professor of Education (Counseling Psychology), Universityof Southern California