A Guide for Beginning Psychotherapists

By Joan S. ZaroIrwin S. DreiblattDeborah Nedelman, et al.

Book Overview

A Guide for Beginning Psychotherapists provides a highly ethical and commonsense approach to the practical difficulties that confront all beginning psychotherapists. Students of clinical social work,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521292301
• ISBN13: 9780521292306
• Release Date: November 1977
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Good but not great

The book is in good condition, the cover was cut in the corner but I can read everything. It took a week to be sent to me. All in all good experience with service and product. Thank you very much!

Great basic intro to working as a psychotherapist

This book was written in 1977 so it may be out of date. However, I am considering becoming a psychotherapist and wanted information about the day-to-day work. For this, the book is excellent: it is heavy on practice and light on theory. The first chapter discusses motives for becoming a therapist, which I found useful for self-examination. Then the book follows a typical case from background research on a client, to the initial interview, staffing reports, and so forth, through terminating therapy. Along the way, the book provides mini-case studies to illustrate key points. The book gives many practical hints such as how to put a client at ease, how to arrange the office, deal with no-show clients, and so forth. In summary, this is a good book for a beginning therapist or a person wanting insight into the day-to-day work of a therapist.