Skovholt Becoming a Therapist

On the Path to Mastery
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-17817-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

Praise for Becoming a Therapist
"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 andTraining Director, Counseling Psychology Program, University ofHouston
"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 DistinguishedResearch Professor, College of Education, The University ofGeorgia; President-Elect, Society of Counseling Psychology
"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 ofEducation, University of Redlands; Emeritus Professor of Education(Counseling Psychology), University of Southern California
Essential guidance for mental health professionals navigatingthe start of their helping careers
Written for those entering a career in the helping professions,Becoming a Therapist: On the Path to Mastery explores thetherapeutic career path for new practitioners, painting a vividportrait of the novice therapist's journey.
This practical book guides you in using the helping relationshipto improve the lives of others, whether your chosen profession isin counseling, clinical psychology, social work, school counseling,addictions counseling, family therapy, medicine, communitycounseling, pastoral counseling, or academic advising.
Destined to become the resource every new practitioner turns toagain and again, Becoming a Therapist prepares you for thereality of what it means to be a beginning therapist, with relevantdiscussion of:
* The fifteen indispensable qualities of every mental healthprofessional
* The unfolding practitioner self
* Self-care for burnout prevention and resiliencydevelopment
* The importance of culturally competent practice to practitionerexpertise
* Practice, research/theory, and personal life: thepractitioner's learning triangle
* The significance of peer relationships in the noviceexperience
Steeped in author Thomas Skovholt's years of experience,Becoming a Therapist thoroughly and clearly illustrates theexcitement, intensity, anxiety--and, ultimately, thesatisfaction--you can expect as a helping professional.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Skovholt, Thomas M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
1 Opening Up Your Life to the Excitement of the Therapyand Counseling Professions 1
2 Novice Advantages 21
3 The Curse of Ambiguity and Other Ills and What to DoAbout Them 33
4 Who Am I Becoming? The Unfolding Practitioner Self67
5 Developing Habits of Culturally Competent Practice79
Michael Goh, Thomas M. Skovholt, Ava Yang, and MichaelStarkey
6 Issues, Concerns, and Tips as Antidotes to Novice Stress101
7 Becoming a Resilient Practitioner 115
8 The Cycle of Caring 149
Thomas M. Skovholt and Michelle Trotter-Mathisen
9 The Practitioner's LearningTriangle: Practice, Research/Theory, and Personal Life167
Thomas M. Skovholt and Michael Starkey
10 The Path Toward Mastery: Phases and Themes ofDevelopment 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 theTherapy 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.