Main description:

This therapy text is brief, accessible, and easy to read - a welcome respite from textbooks for students and practicing clinicians. (And less expensive than textbooks while delivering a similar practical benefit.)

It synthesizes classic theory with current research, making it a sound, empirically supported resource.

It is transtheoretical and transdisciplinary - useful to anyone in the helping professions with basic training, regardless of theoretical orientation or specific area of work.

Contents:

Introduction; Section One: How Does the "Talking Cure" Cure? (The Infrastructure of Therapy); Section Two: We've Got to Walk Before We Dance (Revisiting and Revamping Basic Skills); Section Three: Watch Your Mouth! (Therapeutic Language); Section Four: It's Actually Not Magic (Exploration of Change Processes); Section Five: What We Can Get Away With (And What We Can, But Shouldn't); Section Six: Deepening Knowledge (Without a Lot of Spare Time); Section Seven: Ethics for Practice (Not Just the School Stuff); Section Eight: It's a Lifelong Journey (Real Professional Development); Section Nine: We Are Not Immune (Common Cognitive Distortions; Section Ten: We Can Only Be Who We Are (Self-as-Therapist); Parting Words; Index.