A User's Guide to Therapy: What to Expect & How You Can Benefit - Softcover

Kaiser, Tamara L.

 
9780393705348: A User's Guide to Therapy: What to Expect & How You Can Benefit
Softcover
ISBN 10: 039370534X ISBN 13: 9780393705348
Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

This book is for clients and for clinicians to recommend to their clients who want to enhance the process of psychotherapyand get the most out of a therapeutic relationship. Kaiser writes in a friendly, accessible tone, and explains what exactlytherapy is and how it works, including the beginning, middle, and ending stages of the therapy process. She elaborateson the dynamics of the relationship between therapist and client, including such issues as power, boundaries, trust, andtermination, and describes the four common factors of change: the client, the therapeutic relationship, hope, and technique.Furthermore, she explains the basic aspects of brain development and how psychotherapy physically changes the brain.This book familiarizes potential clients with four major therapeutic approaches psychodynamic, developmental, cognitive behavioral, and humanistic and explains the characteristics of individual, family, and group therapy. Through case studies,Kaiser reveals the healing potential of the therapeutic relationship, including the experience of being deeply understood byand coming to trust a therapist. Kaiser offers much food for thought, as well as compassion, wisdom, encouragement, andpractical suggestions for those who choose to take this fascinating and fruitful journey.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tamara L. Kaiser, MSW, PhD, LICSW, has been a clinical social worker and marriage and family therapist for 35 years. She is also an Associate Professor at the College of St. Catherine/University of St. Thomas School of Social Work in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she teaches graduate courses in psychotherapy and is co-founder and co-director of the school's Supervision Institute. Kaiser is the author of Supervisory Relationships: Exploring the Human Element.

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Verlag
WW Norton & Co
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
039370534X
ISBN 13 
9780393705348
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
242
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