Main description:

Integrates mental models with non-linear thinking as a method of clinical training
Presents a complete model of clinical training that is novel and comprehensive
Presents complicated clinical topics in a very easy to read style

Contents:

Acknowledgment Introduction: Learning to Think Like a Therapist: Characteristics of Expert Therapist Thinking and Why It Is Important to Learn How to Think Like a Therapist 1. Overview of the State of Psychotherapy and the Domains of Competence 2. The Domain of Connecting with and Engaging the Client: Listening 3. The Domain of Connecting with and Engaging the Client: Responding 4. The Domain of Assessment: Clients' Symptoms, Stages of Change, Needs, Strengths, and Resources 5. The Domain of Assessment: The Theme Behind a Client's Narrative, Therapeutic Goals, and Client Input About Goal Achievement 6. The Domain of Establishing and Maintaining the Therapeutic Relationship and the Therapeutic Alliance: Relationship Building 7. The Domain of Establishing and Maintaining the Therapeutic Relationship and the Therapeutic Alliance: The Therapeutic Alliance 8. The Domain of Understanding Clients' Cognitive Schemas: Foundations 9. The Domain of Understanding Clients' Cognitive Schemas: Assessment and Clinical Conceptualization 10. The Domain of Addressing and Managing Clients' Emotional States: Basic Understandings 11. The Domain of Addressing and Managing Clients' Emotional States: Managing Common Negative Emotions in Therapy 12. The Domain of Addressing and Resolving Ambivalence: Understanding and Identifying Client Ambivalence 13. The Domain of Addressing and Resolving Ambivalence: Working with and Resolving Client Ambivalence 14. Summary and the Disengagement/Engagement Hypothesis