Becoming a Therapist: What Do I Say, and Why? - Softcover

Bender, Suzanne; Messner, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572309431 ISBN 13: 9781572309432

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 2003

Synopsis

This book provides students and novice clinicians with nuts-and-bolts advice about the process of doing therapy, starting with the first contact with a new patient. Suzanne Bender, at the time a junior clinician, and Edward Messner, a seasoned practitioner and supervisor, provide a unique, combined perspective on how therapy is conducted, what works and what doesn't work in treatment, and how to take care of oneself as a clinician. Organized around the treatment of one fictitious patient, with other case examples brought in as needed, the book speaks directly to the questions, concerns, and insecurities that beginning therapists typically face. Written with candor and empathy, it offers authoritative guidance for understanding and resolving common clinical dilemmas.

About this title

About the Author:

Suzanne Bender, MD, is a Staff Psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Edward Messner, MD, until his death in 2006, was a Senior Psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

I. The Consultation 1. First Contact 2. The First Moments 3. Initiating an Alliance and Assessing Safety 4. Enhancing the Therapeutic Alliance and Eliciting History 5. Collecting a Psychosocial History and Screening for Common Psychological Disorders 6. Formulating a Treatment Plan II. Frame and Variations 7. The Frame 8. Setting the Fee and Billing 9. Telephone Calls: From Dependencies to Emergencies 10. No-Shows, Late Arrivals, and Late Departures 11. Confidentiality and Its Limits III. Chemistry 12. Substance Abuse 13. Integrating Psychopharmacology with Psychotherapy IV. Therapeutic Dilemmas 14. Management of Impasses 15. Empathic Lapses 16. Transference and Countertransference 17. Termination

About this edition

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1572309431
• ISBN 13: 9781572309432
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 332