Getting Started as a Therapist : 50+ Tips for Clinical Effectiveness (Paperback)

Section 1: Setting the Stage? 1. It’s Not Like on TV? 2. Be Yourself? 3. Therapy Isn’t a Race? 4. Don’t Forget the Basics? 5. Forget About Being So Formal? 6. Mastering Your Therapeutic Presence? 7. Body Language Basics? 8. How to Polish Your Summarizing? 9. Find Value in Silence? 10. Strive to Cultivate Substance in Each Session? 11. Ask About Meaning? 12. Be Attentive to Your Intuition? 13. Don't Rely on Psychological Archaeology??Section 2: Things Therapists Shouldn't Say??14. The Big 3? 15. Beware of the Suck-It-Up Trap? 16. What Not to Say to Anxious Patients? 17. What Not to Say to Depressed Patients? 18. What Not to Say to People Who Hear Voices??Section 3:?Demystifying Diagnosis??19. Ignore Popular Culture Portrayals of Mental Illness? 20. In Defense of Diagnosis (Part 1)? 21. In Defense of Diagnosis (Part 2)? 22. Post-Diagnosis Considerations? 23. Never Diagnose Based on One Chief Symptom? 24. Re-Evaluate Historical Diagnoses? 25. 5 Quick Tips for More Thorough Assessments? 26. Always Consider Medical Mimicry? 27. How to Evaluate for Medical Mimicry? 28. How to Discuss Diagnoses with Patients??Section 4: Special Topics??29. Interview, Don't Interrogate? 30. Try Not to be Alarmist? 31. Be Familiar with the Defenses? 32. Approach Trauma Lightly? 33. Learn About Self-Injury? 34. Exploring Therapist Self-Disclosure? 35. There's No Need to Rescue? 36. Why Therapists Must be Salespeople? 37. Learn to Reframe? 38. Getting Friendly with Metaphors? 39. What if Someone Implies, "You'd Never Understand"?? 40. Pay Attention to the Role of Culture? 41. Talk About Medications? 42. Personality Disorders are Important? 43. Ask for Feedback??Section 5: Professional Development??44. Consider an Integrative Approach? 45. Limiting Liability? 46. Clinical Supervision if Vital for Therapist Growth? 47. Take Continuing Education Seriously? 48. Have Clinical Heroes? 49. Improve Your Clinical Skills After Hours? 50. Do Therapists Need Therapy?? 51. Protecting Your Own Mental Health? 52. You Can't Save Them All?