|  | Skovholt, Thomas M.
Becoming a Therapist
On the Path to Mastery
 October 2012
30.90 Euro
2012. 320 Pages, Softcover
ISBN 978-0-470-40374-7 - John Wiley & Sons
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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.
From the contents
CHAPTER 1: OPENING UP YOUR LIFE TO THE EXCITEMENT OF THE THERAPY AND COUNSELING PROFESSIONS
CHAPTER 2: NOVICE ADVANTAGES
CHAPTER 3: THE CURSE OF AMBIGUITY AND OTHER ILLS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT THEM
CHAPTER 4: WHO AM I BECOMING?
THE UNFOLDING PRACTITIONER SELF
CHAPTER 5: DEVELOPING HABITS OF CULTURALLY COMPETENT PRACTICE
Michael Goh, Thomas M. Skovholt, Ava Yang, and Michael Starkey
CHAPTER 6: ISSUES, CONCERNS, AND TIPS AS ANTIDOTES TO NOVICE STRESS
Chapter 7: BECOMING A RESILIENT PRACTITIONER
CHAPTER 8: THE CYCLE OF CARING
Thomas M. Skovholt and Michelle Trotter-Mathisen
CHAPTER 9: THE PRACTITIONER'S LEARNING TRIANGLE:
PRACTICE, RESEARCH/THEORY, AND PERSONAL LIFE
Thomas M. Skovholt and Michael Starkey
CHAPTER 10: THE PATH TOWARD MASTERY-- PHASES AND THEMES OF DEVELOPMENT
Thomas M. Skovholt and Michael H. Ronnestad
CHAPTER 11: PRACTITIONER MASTERY AND EXPERTISE
Thomas Skovholt, Mark Vaughan and Len Jennings
CHAPTER 12: VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL NURTURANCE FOR THE NOVICE---CLINICAL SUPERVISORS AND PEERS
Thomas M. Skovholt and Yoonhee Sung
CHARTER 13: WORLDS APART--THE ACADEMIC RESEARCH CULTURE AND THE PRACTICE CULTURE AND THE SEARCH FOR COMMON SPACE
CHAPTER 14: EPILOGUE---THE PROMISE AND MEANING OF THE WORK
Appendix A: Suggested Readings
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