Here's how to find a therapist who meets your individual needs.(Originated...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 13, 1995 ;   Cain, Angela;   787 words ...Just like a best friend, therapists listen to tales of pain, protect...That's why it's so important to find a therapist who meets your individual needs...the headlines about an unethical therapist who sleeps with clients or conjures...

Tips on Finding the Right Therapist

U.S. Newswire;  January 29, 2004 ;     787 words ......California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists today released guidelines for finding a therapist compiled by Carol Campbell, M.A., LMFT...Farrar, M.S., LMFT. The process of finding a therapist can be highly anxiety producing. Frequently...

THE CONSTRUCTIVIST PSYCHOTHERAPY AND THE THERAPIST: SOME CONSIDERATIONS

Constructivism in the Human Sciences;  December 1, 1998 ;   Baringholtz, Sara;   787 words ......construction that takes place between the therapist and the patient, within the context of...psychotherapy imply a conjoint effort between therapist and "the clients in order to create a...patient feels motivated to consult a therapist and the moment the therapist has the...

IS WHO DELIVERS THE TREATMENT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE TREATMENT ITSELF?...

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy;  July 1, 2007 ;   Blow, Adrian J; Sprenkle, Douglas H; Davis, Sean D;   787 words ......article, we discuss the role of the therapist in change in couple and family therapy. We argue that the therapist is a key change ingredient in most...narrow common factor views involve the therapist as a central force. We review the research...

The Therapist's Self in Dialogical Family Therapy: Some Ideas About...

Family Process;  December 1, 2005 ;   Rober, Peter;   787 words ...In this article, the focus is on the therapist's self, which will be in line with Bakhtin...examined, focusing especially on the therapist's participation in the therapeutic process and on the therapist's inner conversation. The author argues...

Self-Reflection-An Important Process for the Therapist

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care;  April 1, 2005 ;   Torre, Mary Ann La;   787 words ......the client that is the focus, with the therapist looking at transference and countertransference...and enhance the interaction. But, the therapist is not a "blank sheet," the interaction...old experiences. Self-reflection by the therapist serves to understand that impact and...

Cozolino, Louis. The Making of a Therapist: A Practical Guide for the...

Adolescence;  December 22, 2006 ;     348 words ...COZOLINO, Louis. The Making of a Therapist: A Practical Guide for the Inner Journey...of training. Despite the fact that the therapist's self-insight, emotional maturity, and...most training programs. As a result, the therapist's personal growth is either marginalized...

The Making of a Therapist: A Practical Guide for the Inner Journey

Family Therapy;  January 1, 2007 ;   Anonymous;   351 words ...COZOLINO, Louis. The Making of a Therapist: A Practical Guide for the Inner Journey...of training. Despite the fact that the therapist's self-insight, emotional maturity, and...most training programs. As a result, the therapist's personal growth is either marginalized...

Dear Abby: ; Therapist's friendship with patient hampers effectiveness

Charleston Daily Mail;  February 11, 2008 ;   Jeanne Phillips;   528 words ......about whom I'm very worried. She sees a therapist, "Amy," once a week for depression and...because she has become "friends" with her therapist. This has gone as far as gift-giving, attending the therapist's wedding, etc. I always thought it was...

5 years after counseling, he still loves his therapist

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 2, 1990 ;   Jeffrey Zaslow;   581 words ......how he "wanted to be friends" with his therapist, a woman, and as a result, she refused...five years since my last session with my therapist, and I still think about her almost every day. Unlike Devastated, I understand why therapists break off contact with patients. I also...

When we give more: Reflections on intangible gifts from therapist to...

American Journal of Psychotherapy;  January 1, 2003 ;   Smolar, Andrew I;   787 words ......s time, psychoanalytically oriented therapists have been wary of accepting gifts from...describing five categories of offerings from therapist to patient, experienced by the patient...developmental presence. Examples of therapists' considering but not offering gifts...

Troubled friend needs to rely more on therapist

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  February 11, 2008 ;   Jeanne Phillips;   568 words ......about whom I'm very worried. She sees a therapist, "Amy," once a week for depression and...because she has become "friends" with her therapist. This has gone as far as gift-giving, attending the therapist's wedding, etc. I always thought it was...

The Accidental Therapist

Psychotherapy Networker;  November 1, 2007 ;   Wylie, Mary Sykes;   787 words ...The Accidental Therapist Jay Haley didn't set out to transform...psychotherapy. Yet, if you ask family and brief therapists who most inspired them, chances are...titled, "The Art of Being a Failure as a Therapist," he sliced and diced the pretensions...

She worries her suicidal pal has become too close to therapist

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  February 11, 2008 ;     585 words ......suicidal pal has become too close to therapist Date: 02-11-2008, Monday Section: BETTER...about whom I'm very worried. She sees a therapist, "Amy," once a week for depression and...because she has become "friends" with her therapist. This has gone as far as gift-giving...

Therapist-conducted consultation: Using clients as consultants to their...

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy;  July 1, 1996 ;   Bischoff, Richard J; McKeel, A Jay; Moon, Sidney M; Sprenkle, Douglas H;   787 words ......developed an in-session therapeutic procedure called the therapist-conducted consultation (TCC) which is designed to enhance the therapist-client collaborative relationship. In the TCC, the therapist and client(s) relinquish their traditional roles...