Heal Your Self: A Cbt Approach to Reducing Therapist Distress & Increasing Therapeutic Effectiveness

Ludgate, a clinical psychologist at a cognitive-behavioral therapy center, outlines the application of cognitive behavior therapy to the distress encountered by psychotherapists and other mental health professionals. He details the cognitive behavioral model as applied to these therapists, with examples of reactions, then describes factors that may predict distress, including client-related and non-client work stressors, personal characteristics, belief systems, coping strategies, non-work stressors, training inadequacies, and lack of organization support, followed by methods for reducing stress, with worksheets and questionnaires. No index is provided. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)