I bought this book because I am in therapy myself and wanted to read something from the therapist's point of view of the process. The book is kind of cumbersome....I keep it handy and read short passages periodically. It has provided some helpful insights for me.
Author(s): Jesse D. Geller, John C. Norcross, David E. Orlinsky
Edition: 1
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 446
Contents......Page 10
Contributors......Page 14
1. The Question of Personal Therapy: Introduction and Prospectus......Page 20
PART I. THE THERAPIST’S THERAPY IN DIFFERENT THEORETICAL ORIENTATIONS......Page 30
2. The Training Analysis in the Mainstream Freudian Model......Page 32
3. The Role of Personal Therapy in the Formation of a Jungian Analyst......Page 44
4. Personal Therapy and Growth Work in Experiential-Humanistic Therapies......Page 51
5. Personal Therapy in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Tradition and Current Practice......Page 58
6. The Role and Current Practice of Personal Therapy in Systemic/Family Therapy Traditions......Page 69
PART II. BEING A THERAPIST-PATIENT......Page 76
Personal Experiences: Firsthand Accounts by Therapist-Patients......Page 78
7. My Experience of Analysis with Fairbairn and Winnicott: How Complete a Result Does Psychoanalytic Therapy Achieve?......Page 80
8. My Experiences as a Patient in Five Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies......Page 98
9. The Personal Therapy Experiences of a Rational Emotive-Behavior Therapist......Page 115
10. The I and the Self: Reminiscences of Existential-Humanistic Therapy......Page 131
11. The Role of Individual and Marital Therapy in My Development......Page 146
12. A Shamanic Tapestry: My Experiences with Individual, Marital, and Family Therapy......Page 162
Research Findings: Undergoing Personal Therapy......Page 180
13. The Prevalence and Parameters of Personal Therapy in the United States......Page 182
14. The Prevalence and Parameters of Personal Therapy in Europe and Elsewhere......Page 194
15. Psychotherapists Entering Personal Therapy: Their Primary Reasons and Presenting Problems......Page 209
16. The Selection and Characteristics of Therapists’ Psychotherapists: A Research Synthesis......Page 218
17. Outcomes and Impacts of the Psychotherapists’ Own Psychotherapy: A Research Review......Page 231
PART III. BEING A THERAPIST’S THERAPIST......Page 248
Personal Experiences: Firsthand Accounts by Therapists’ Therapists......Page 250
18. On Analyzing Colleagues (Trainees Included)......Page 252
19. Treating Psychotherapists with Cognitive Therapy......Page 271
20. Feminist Therapy with Therapists: Egalitarian and More......Page 282
21. Listening to the Listener: An Existential-Humanistic Approach to Psychotherapy with Psychotherapists......Page 299
22. Conducting Marital and Family Therapy with Therapists......Page 314
23. Group Therapy for Therapists in Gestalt Therapy Training: A Therapist-Trainer’s Perspective......Page 324
24. Treating Impaired Psychotherapists and “Wounded Healers”......Page 340
Research Findings: Providing Personal Therapy to Other Therapists......Page 360
25. Research on Conducting Psychotherapy with Mental Health Professionals......Page 362
26. Training Analyses: Historical Considerations and Empirical Research......Page 382
27. Boundaries and Internalization in the Psychotherapy of Psychotherapists: Clinical and Research Perspectives......Page 396
EPILOGUE: The Patient Psychotherapist, the Psychotherapist’s Psychotherapist, and the Psychotherapist as a Person......Page 422
APPENDIX: Guidelines for Firsthand Accounts......Page 434
B......Page 438
D......Page 439
F......Page 440
I......Page 441
P......Page 442
S......Page 444
T......Page 445
Y......Page 446
