Becoming a Therapist - Softcover

Skovholt, Thomas M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470403748 ISBN 13: 9780470403747

Publisher: Wiley, 2012

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

Praise for Becoming a Therapist

“Becoming a Therapist is the perfect book to begin the journey toward becoming an effective therapist. Dr. Thomas Skovholt has created a book that is easy to read BUT very hard to put down. The perfect book for the beginning counseling student.”
―Jon Carlson, PsyD, EdD
Distinguished Professor
Governors State University

"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 & 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
President-Elect, Society of Counseling Psychology
College of Education
The University of Georgia

"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

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0470403748
• ISBN 13: 9780470403747
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320