On being a therapist / Jeffrey A. Kottler. [print]

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The therapist's journey -- Struggles for power and influence -- Personal and professional lives -- On being a therapeutic storyteller-and listener -- How clients change their therapists -- Hardships of therapeutic practice -- Being imperfect, living with failure -- Patients who test our patience -- Boredom and burnout -- That which is not said -- Lies we tell ourselves-and others -- Alternative therapies for therapists -- Toward creativity and personal growth -- On being a client : how to get the most from therapy.

"For more than thirty years, On Being a Therapist has inspired generations of mental health professionals to explore the most private and sacred aspects of their work helping others. In this thoroughly revised and updated fifth edition, Jeffrey Kottler explores many of the challenges that therapists face in their practices today, including pressures from increased technology, economic realities, and advances in theory and technique. He also explores the stress factors that are brought on from managed care bureaucracy, conflicts at work, and clients' own anxiety and depression. This new edition includes updated sources, new material on technology, new problems that therapists face, and two new chapters: "On Being a Therapeutic Storyteller-and Listener" and "On Being a Client: How to Get the Most from Therapy." Generations of students and practitioners in counseling, clinical psychology, social work, psychotherapy, marriage and family therapy, and human services have found comfort and confidence in On Being a Therapist, and this Fifth Edition