Beginnings in Psychotherapy : A Guidebook for New Therapists.
Title:
Beginnings in Psychotherapy : A Guidebook for New Therapists.
Author:
Eichler, Seth.
ISBN:
9781849407380
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (162 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- SECTION I. EXPANDING MINDS: LEARNING TO THINK ANALYTICALLY -- Chapter One: On beginnings -- Chapter Two: On meaning-understanding why we do what we do -- Chapter Three: On gratification and deprivation -- SECTION II. TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES -- Chapter Four: On regression and its use -- Chapter Five: The frame -- Chapter Six: Creating a therapeutic atmosphere -- Chapter Seven: The consultation -- SECTION III. GUIDEPOSTS FOR OUR WORK IN LISTENING AND INTERVENING -- Chapter Eight: Guideposts for our work in listening and intervening -- SECTION IV: "OUR PATIENTS ARE OUR TEXTBOOKS": LESSONS FROM CLINICAL CASES (RAKO & MAZER, 1980) -- Chapter Nine: Patient A.: Educating about cure -- Chapter Ten: Patient B.: Encouraging self-observation -- Chapter Eleven: Patient C: Identifying themes and furthering understanding of how symptoms develop -- Chapter Twelve: Patient D.: Understanding the repetition compulsion and unconscious fantasy -- Chapter Thirteen: Patient E.: Giving patients new insights about common themes -- Chapter Fourteen: Patient F.: Working with dreams -- SECTION V: CONCLUSION -- Chapter Fifteen: On endings -- Bibliography -- Lyric Acknowledgment.
Abstract:
Every new therapist faces a first session, often with trepidation. How do they prepare for that first session? How do they know what tools to apply on that first day, and over those first few weeks? Beginnings in Psychotherapy will help readers to begin to answer those questions and start psychotherapy with increased confidence. In addition it will provide readers with an understanding of the foundational tools and background, as well as providing a comfort level with the new territory of becoming a therapist. In a conversational, accessible tone, the author shares his years of experience, without being dogmatic or dense. Instead, he engages readers warmly, immediately helps them expand their understanding and often helps them look at the pros and cons of certain decisions, without insisting that the readers follow a particular rule or policy.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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