Doing Psychotherapy

by Michael Franz Basch

Book Overview

Here is a practical guide to doing psychotherapy which, unlike most other manuals that present an idealized view of the therapist-patient relationship, shows what the therapeutic encounter is really like. Using detailed excerpts from clinical protocols, and without omitting the inevitable mistakes that a therapist will make, Dr. Basch draws the reader into the therapeutic dialogue as a way of experiencing what actually happens in the course of treatment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465016847
• ISBN13: 9780465016846
• Release Date: July 1980
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

very good book

book was in new condition, came very promptly in mail. Exactly what I needed for a great price!

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It has been around for a while, but should be on the shelf of every psychology student or counselor. The format is great for helping the reader understand the way theory really works.

understanding psychotherapy

I have read and reread this book. If you are in therapy or or thinking of therapy it is absolutly the best book to read. Any confusion about your own therapy will be mentioned in some way in this book. It helps to clear your own mind and look at yourself in a productive way, realising that no matter how hard therapy is there is a reason for everything a therapist does. The book gives comfort when dealing with difficult issues as you might see yourself in one of his patients and realise that your own therapist is like Dr. Basch and doing what is best for you and totally on your side, eager to help you. It is a fantastic book, and I have never ever read a better book on psychotherapy. Thank you Dr. Basch.

Review of Doing Psychotherapy by Basch

This book is readable, astute and extremely well written. In the text, Basch has clearly illustrated the application of the psychoanalytic approach to therapy. Although Basch, at times, uses extensive psychological jargon, students in the field should not have trouble following along. Doing Psychotherapy is a useful reference book for any psychologist or student in the field planning on this line of work.