Therapist's Guide to Self-Care

✍ Scribed by Lillie Weiss

• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 178
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Psychotherapy is an increasingly stressful profession. Yet therapists spend most of their time helping clients deal with their stress, not caring for their own. This book is designed as a tool for the experienced counselor, junior therapist, and graduate student, as the issues confronted and discussed herein are relevant to anyone in the field, regardless of experience or expertise. Dr. Weiss has written a book in an easy, conversational tone, filled with concrete examples and blending research findings, clinical experience and theoretical approaches into practical suggestions and sound advice. The book is divided into three parts, discussing therapist concerns and questions that are continually raised, and providing practical tools based on clinical experience and research findings. It will be useful to all mental health professionals who have felt the strain of their practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Part I Designing and Creating the Life You Want......Page 16
CHAPTER 1 Visualize the Life You Want and DO IT!......Page 18
CHAPTER 2 Ask Yourself: “If Money Were No Object…”......Page 21
CHAPTER 3 Hire Yourself as Your Life Manager......Page 24
Part II Tips for Managing Your Outer Environment......Page 26
CHAPTER 4 Do the Things You Enjoy and Eliminate Those That Drain You......Page 28
CHAPTER 5 Create an Environment You Love in Which You Can Express Yourself......Page 36
CHAPTER 6 Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow......Page 40
CHAPTER 7 Get a Life......Page 46
CHAPTER 8 Make Your Calendar Your Most Important Tool......Page 52
CHAPTER 9 Diversify, Diversify, Diversify......Page 56
CHAPTER 10 Simplify, Simplify, Simplify......Page 61
CHAPTER 11 Eliminate Managed Care......Page 71
CHAPTER 12 Learn To Set Limits......Page 75
Part III Tips for Managing Your Inner Environment......Page 85
CHAPTER 13 Clinician, Know Thyself......Page 86
CHAPTER 14 Take Time To Sharpen the Saw......Page 88
CHAPTER 15 Learn To Recognize and Avoid Burnout......Page 94
CHAPTER 16 Listen to Your Body’s Signals......Page 100
CHAPTER 17 Get Some Personal Therapy......Page 108
CHAPTER 18 Talk to Your Colleagues......Page 114
CHAPTER 19 Get Out of the Overresponsibility Trap......Page 122
CHAPTER 20 Keep a Healthy Distance......Page 129
CHAPTER 21 Learn To Deal with Uncertainty......Page 143
CHAPTER 22 Remember Your Calling......Page 150
References......Page 157
Index......Page 165