Becoming a Therapist

On the Path to Mastery
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-470-40374-7
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 480 g

Autoren/Hrsg.

Skovholt, Thomas M

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.