Getting Started as a Therapist provides students and new therapists a bridge between education and practice.
Getting Started as a Therapist provides students and new therapists with a bridge between education and practice. Written for a transtheoretical audience, the book explores questions and struggles common to students and new therapist supervisees. Readers can find pointed guidance in 52 chapters, spanning five categories. Categories include:
- Establishing better therapeutic relationships.
- What to avoid saying to patients.
- Increasing diagnostic accuracy, understanding why diagnosis is not a dirty word, and how it is critical to a good outcome.
- Specialized topics like how to more effectively talk about self-injury and learning to use metaphors.
- Professional development such as making the most of supervision and how to limit liability.
The succinct chapters come alive with real-life examples and are often followed by suggestions for further reading and worksheets that help readers to refine their practice.
SECTION I: Setting the Stage 1 Its Not Like on TV; 2 Be Yourself; 3
Therapy isnt a Race; 4 Dont Forget the Basics; 5 Forget About Being So
Formal; 6 Mastering Your Therapeutic Presence; 7 Body Language Basics; 8 How
to Polish Your Summarizing; 9 Find Value in Silence; 10 Strive to Cultivate
Substance in Each Session; 11 Ask About Meaning; 12 Be Attentive to Your
Intuition; 13 Dont Rely on Psychological Archaeology; SECTION II: Things
Therapists Shouldnt Say 14 The Big Three; 15 Beware of the "SuckItUp"
Trap; 16 What Not to Say to Anxious Patients; 17 What Not to Say to Depressed
Patients; 18 What Not to Say to People Who Hear Voices; SECTION III:
Demystifying Diagnosis 19 Ignore Popular Culture Portrayals of Mental
Illnesses; 20 In Defense of Diagnosis (Part 1); 21 In Defense of Diagnosis
(Part 2); 22 PostDiagnosis Considerations; 23 Never Diagnose Based on One
Chief Symptom; 24 ReEvaluate Historical Diagnoses; 25 Five Quick Tips for
More Thorough Assessments; 26 Always Consider Medical Mimicry; 27 How to
Evaluate for Medical Mimicry; 28 How to Discuss Diagnoses with Patients;
SECTION IV: Special Topics 29 Interview, Dont Interrogate; 30 Try Not to be
Alarmist; 31 Be Familiar with the Defenses; 32 Approach Trauma Lightly; 33
Learn About SelfInjury; 34 Exploring Therapist SelfDisclosure; 35 Theres
No Need to Rescue; 36 Why Therapists Must Be Salespeople; 37 Learn to
Reframe; 38 Getting Friendly with Metaphors; 39 What if Someone Implies,
"Youd Never Understand"?; 40 Pay Attention to the Role of Culture; 41 Talk
About Medications; 42 Personality Disorders Are Important; 43 Ask for
Feedback; SECTION V: Professional Development 44 Consider an Integrative
Approach; 45 Limiting Liability; 46 Clinical Supervision Is Vital for
Therapist Growth; 47 Take Continuing Education Seriously; 48 Have Clinical
Heroes; 49 Improve Your Clinical Skills After Hours; 50 Do Therapists Need
Therapy?; 51 Protecting Your Own Mental Health; 52 You Cant Save Them All
Anthony D. Smith is a licensed mental health counselor, certified juvenile court clinician, professor, clinical supervisor, and trainer with more than 20 years of experience. He maintains "Up & Running," a popular Psychology Today blog for new therapists.
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