Practicing Psychotherapy: Lessons on Helping Patients and Growing as a Professional - Softcover

Chamberlain, Linda L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 036737370X ISBN 13: 9780367373702

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

In this book of lessons learned from working as a psychotherapist for over 40 years, Dr. Chamberlain shares her varied expertise and experiences, bestowing the wisdom she has gleaned throughout her career from patients, students, teachers, and colleagues.

The text examines three core themes: How helping clients is often intertwined with the therapist’s own life journey; the experience of building intimate relationships with vulnerable populations; and the process of accepting loss, letting go, and moving forward, both for the client and the therapist. Prioritizing personal narratives, case examples, professional research, and discussions with experienced clinicians, this book marks the significant impact psychotherapy has on not just patients and clients but also the mental health professional.

Offering enlightenment for readers ranging from longstanding psychotherapists to former patients, this unique book provides a particularly valuable resource for beginning therapists and therapists-in-training who seek a greater understanding of what it means to be a successful and effective therapist.

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About this title

About the Author

Linda L. Chamberlain, Psy.D., is a Licensed Psychologist in private practice and professor of Human Services at Pasco-Hernando State College in New Port Richey, Florida.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 036737370X
• ISBN 13: 9780367373702
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168