1st Edition

Psychotherapy Tradecraft: The Technique And Style Of Doing The Technique & Style Of Doing Therapy

By Theodore H. Blau Copyright 1988
320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1988. The literature of psychotherapy is heavily weighted on the side of theory. There is an almost complete absence of tradecraft—what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. Tradecraft refers to the specific techniques used by experienced and skillful psychotherapists to create the therapeutic setting; to invite and maintain a therapeutic alliance; to enhance the patient's... Read more
PART I. ON BECOMING A THERAPIST 1. The Origins of Psychotherapy Tradecraft 2. The Essence of the Psychotherapeutic Process 3. The Psychotherapist 4. The Setting and Structure for Psychotherapy PART II. BRINGING PSYCHOTHERAPY ABOUT 5. The First Session 6. Establishing and Maintaining the Psychotherapeutic Process 7. Enhancing the Psychotherapeutic Process 8. Identifying, Diverting, and Rehabilitating Psychotherapeutic Errors and Barriers 9. Special Situations in Psychotherapy 10. Ending Psychotherapy PART III. RENEWAL 11. Stress, Overload, Burnout, and Renewal

Biography

Theodore H. Blau