books about: psychotherapists     books:       In Session: The Bond Between Women and Their Therapists30 reviews Deborah A. Lott W.H. Freeman & Company, 1999 A Gift--A Must-read for All Women in Therapy Even if you are lucky enough never to experience transference and attachment issues with your therapist, there is plenty of good information here about the goals of psychotherapy, its history, subgroups and boundaries. And if you ARE experiencing transference, dependence, attachment or all three, do yourself a huge favor and read this book. An amazing book. Highly recommended. An absolute gift ...             The Making of a Therapist: A Practical Guide for the Inner Journey8 reviews Louis Cozolino W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 Superb book. Superb writer. Superb therapist? I'd bet he is. First of all, this is an excellently written book. It must have been daunting to try to pull off turning the information he provided into such a imminently readable book. But the author hit it out of the park with his writing abilities, knowledge and expertise. I'll be referring to this book for years. Cozolino leaves very few stones unturned for the beginning ...             Tales from a Traveling Couch: A Psychotherapist Revisits His Most Memorable Patients9 reviews Robert U. Akeret Diane Pub Co, 1995 Life after therapy Although this book reads like a novel, it contains the real-life stories of the journeys of five of Robert's most memorable patients. Starting with the work that began within the walls of the therapy room, each chapter takes a peek into how the lives of the individual patients have progressed in the space and time beyond the sessions. On so many levels, this book illustrates how the real effects ...             Four Rooms, Upstairs: A Psychotherapist's Journey Into and Beyond Her Mother's Mental Illness14 reviews Linda, Appleman Shapiro Cold Tree Press, 2007 An American Proust I couldn't put this engaging memoir down for three days. It followed me to the breakfast table, it came with me on the train, it even followed me into the bath. Ms. Shapiro takes the reader with her, in her private time machine, into this very personal examination of her childhood and beyond. For her amazing recall of and deep penetration into her past, FOUR ROOMS reminds me of Proust's ...             Power Games: Influence, Persuasion, and Indoctrination in Psychotherapy Training8 reviews Other Press, 2006 What an awesome book! Richard Raubolt has authored a unique book. The perspectives of the prominent contributors to the book regarding the potential for abuse in psychotherapeutic training and supervision are diverse and eye-opening. The pitfalls of ego and authoritarian teaching on the part of trainers can be devastating and demeaning to potentially talented students of psychotherapy. Dr. Raubolt's courage in his ...             The Dream of the Broken Horses11 reviews William Bayer Atria, 2002 Hard to put down Since his childhood, forensic artist David Weiss has been obsessed with a society double-murder that implicated his father and drove the man to suicide. Now, Weiss is back in his childhood home of Calista (a mythical midwestern town) and intends to use his time to discover the truth. The murder may be decades old but Weiss is certain that the easy explanations are wrong--that something more ...             On Being a Therapist (Jossey Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series)8 reviews Jeffrey A. Kottler Jossey-Bass, 2003 Real, Honest, Reflective and Life Changing Absolutely the best book to read for a therapist, whether beginner or well experienced in the field. It's so honest, with a hint of humor, and laid out so organized. The progression from introducing the concepts to applying in day to day therapist work is very well thought out and written. It doesn't pathologize any real personal feelings that a therapist can have during and about their work, but ...             Beyond These Walls: The True Story of a Lost Child's Journey to a Whole Life8 reviews Rachel Gunner, Hanna Gabriele Argun Books, 2006 Imagine having 26 different "people" inside of you! When I was younger I read Sybil many times, over and over. I was fascinated by this idea of multiple personalities and how to help someone who has many people, men and women trapped inside of them. I have enough trouble keeping my life together at times without having multiple personalties so imagine Hanna's distress. Rachel Gunner has expanded on her therapy with this book, this book is the ...             A Shining Affliction: A Story of Harm and Healing in Psychotherapy13 reviews Annie G. Rogers Viking Adult, 1995 a strong memoir, about which I have a few criticisms At its best it reminded me strongly of I Never Promised You A Rose Garden, in that it shows the healing relationship between an excellent therapist and a disturbed female patient. This book had the added benefit of having the patient/author also be a therapist, and while being healed herself doing a marvelous job of participating in the healing of a young boy whose problems are remarkably ...             Jun Q'anil: One Who Walks The Way15 reviews Jessica Nagler Cypress House, 2005 Walking the Walk From the moment I started the first chapter, I felt a sort of peacefulness that I never before experienced from reading a book. Jessica Nagler's courageous journey towards self-awakening is both inspiring and thought provoking. She does what many of us only dream of doing; leaving our familiar life behind in order to find our spiritual path. Her clear and creative writing style enables you to ...             Clinical Case Formulations: Matching the Integrative Treatment Plan to the Client6 reviews Barbara Lichner Ingram Wiley, 2006 Merry's review Without question this is the essential "psychological encyclopedia from A - Z" to have on your bookshelf. Dr. Ingram provides useful and effective tools for any therapist; no matter the orientation, client population or years in the field. As a recently graduated MFT Intern, I continuously refer to Dr. Ingram's Problem Oriented Method. Each and every chapter is full of helpful and expansive ...             The Rainbow Machine: Tales from a Neurolinguist's Journal6 reviews Andrew T. Austin Real People Press, 2007 Funny, irreverent, and wise I got this book in the mail on a busy day and didn't surface until I finished it some five hours later, smiling. Full of outrageous stories showing therapeutic NLP in action, this book is loads of fun. Although intended for people already familiar with NLP and/or therapy, it's accessible to anyone. I've read it twice so far and learned lots both times. Prepare to be shocked, to laugh, to change, ...             Learning from the Patient6 reviews Casement The Guilford Press, 1992 My 100-word book review Patrick Casement's honesty in writing this book is an inspiration to those of us aiming to be counsellors. Not many therapists would reveal and discuss their own mistakes and oversights so openly, with a view to helping others learn from them. Casement promotes active listening skills and use of the "internal supervisor" to gain awareness both of the client's and one's own internal processes. ...             Between Therapist and Client: The New Relationship7 reviews Michael Kahn W.H. Freeman & Company, 1997 An essential for the budding therapist This is a clear, well-written book that examines those elements of the therapist-client relationship which can either be therapeutic or anti-therapeutic. Kahn gives a brief overview of the different perspectives of transference/countertransference and how to use these aspects effectively while avoiding common pitfalls. I strongly recommend this text for beginning graduate students of ...             What Therapists Don't Talk About And Why: Understanding Taboos That Hurt Us And Our Clients7 reviews Kenneth S. Pope, Janet L. Sonne, ... American Psychological Association (APA), 2006 Thank you, Dr. Pope, for courageously writing about taboos in therapy! In graduate training, we are trained to follow ethical principles, but discussions are limited. Students and professors seem afraid to openly discuss the taboo topics, like therapist feelings of fear, anger, hatred, and sexual attraction. This book provides the context for open, respectful, and insightful discussions in graduate-level ethics courses. Thank you, Dr. Pope!             Charmed Lives: Gay Spirit in Storytelling (White Crane Wisdom Series)5 reviews White Crane Books, 2006 It's all about "Canals of Mars" Victor Banis' "Canals of Mars" is one of the most beautiful love stories I've read in many a moon. I may be a straight woman but this story is universal. How refreshing to have such a story about those of us who are no longer young... Banis is well-known - and deservedly so! - for his "Man from C.A.M.P" series, but his current writing is far stronger. It's wonderful to see him tapping such ...             The Heart of Being Helpful: Empathy and the Creation of a Healing Presence5 reviews Peter R. Breggin Springer Publishing Company, 2006 Responding to others in a spirit of caring and empathy Dr Breggin dedicates his book to those who wish to respond to others in a spirit of caring and empathy. He is capturing something of the essence underlying all successful psychotherapy; something that almost eludes description. Clients who have benefited from it know when they have received it. Fellow professionals who have met psychotherapists who convey it know they have been in its presence. ...             Therapeutic Trances: The Cooperation Principle in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy7 reviews Stephen G. Gilligan Brunner/Mazel Publisher, 1987 a truly generative book to tackle "psychological problems" If you are interested in Ericksonian Hypsosis, you have to read the work of Stephen Gilligan. If you haven't heard of him, I'd be surprised. Stephen's reputation travels even more than he does. Amongst NLP scholars he is known as Milton Erickson's "best" student, the person that went farthest in deep trance identification with Milton. He really started modeling Erickson at the point that NLP ...             Schopenhauer's Porcupines: Intimacy and Its Dilemmas7 reviews Deborah Luepnitz, Deborah Anna Luepnitz Basic Books, 2002 Insightful, compassionate and accessible With great grace and empathy, Luepnitz traces five divergent routes through the sometimes difficult process of analysis. Luepnitz' considerable training and erudition illuminate not just psychoanalytic history and theory, but the relationships of patients and their families as they evolve through analysis. The stories of her patients' progress are as richly rewarding in analytic terms as any ...             Ecstasy7 reviews Michael Eigen Wesleyan, 2001 Shades of Meaning Consider the varieties of verity: there is the naked truth, the whole truth (and its halves...and have-nots), the unvarnished truth, the awful truth,the real truth (whatever that is)...and the nothing-but-the-truth. Then consider "Ecstasy," whose truth is neither light nor dark. Call it, perhaps, the dappled truth. The kind that lingers in the long shadows of an eternal Sunday afternoon. A ...              search for books affliction, behavioral, cooperation, creation, dilemmas, ericksonian, formulations, hypnotherapy, indoctrination, influence, integrative, memorable, neurolinguist, persuasion, porcupines, practical, presence, principle, psychotherapist, psychotherapy, relationship, schopenhauer, storytelling, therapeutic, therapist, therapists, training, traveling, treatment, understanding books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen DVD: Nureyev's Don Quixote / Lanchbery, Nureyev, Helpmann, Aldous, Australian ... we recommend A Gift--A Must-read for All Women in Therapy home  impressum - about us