Why Therapists Choose to Become Therapists: A Practice-Based Enquiry (The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy Series) - Softcover

Bager-Charleson, Sofie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855758261 ISBN 13: 9781855758261

Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Almost two decades ago, the psychoanalyst Sussman concluded that the therapist's motivation for practicing was a neglected area. Is this maybe a question best left alone?

This book revisits the question. The authors support Sussman's rationale for raising the issue in the first place and wonder if much has changed since he referred to it as a 'neglected' area twenty years ago?

This is an inquiry that moves from personal musing to collaborative and systematic inquiry. At the heart of the book lie six separate accounts as told by counsellors and psychotherapists in a reflective writing- and peer support group. Each therapist represent a different modality and all come with very different backgrounds. These accounts are put into context of ongoing literature and viewed with reference to a survey where 238 other therapists provide their perspective on the question. Like in the case of, for instance, Feltham (1999), Rowan & Jacobs (2003) and Val Wosket (1999) 'the therapist's use of self', is a key theme.

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Sofie Bager-Charleson

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1855758261
• ISBN 13: 9781855758261
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184