Mastering the inner skills of psychotherapy : a deliberate practice manual / Tony Rousmaniere.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rousmaniere, Tony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy--Practice.

Psychotherapy.

Counseling--Practice.

Counseling.

Psychotherapists.

Client-centered psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 pages)

Place of Publication:

Seattle, WA : Gold Lantern Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Do you ever find that you are less effective with clients who are provocative, angry, shut down, or emotionally labile? Would you like to be more effective helping clients with challenging problems, including trauma, addictions, and comorbid conditions? Clients can arouse strong emotional reactions in therapists, often termed experiential avoidance or countertransference. To be effective with these challenging cases, therapists must build their psychological capacity to stay self-aware, attuned, and clinically flexible while having strong reactions. This manual provides clear and practical deliberate practice exercises to help you master these inner skills so you can be a more effective therapist and enjoy your work more. This manual features a training plan that is based on the principles of deliberate practice, works with all major models of psychotherapy, aids all levels of therapist development, from beginning trainees to experienced clinicians, helps therapists be more effective with their most challenging clients, and protects the boundaries and privacy of trainees."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I: The training plan

Introduction

A case example

psychological capacity

Stimuli for deliberate practice

Principles of training

Training safely

Part II: Deliberate practice exercises

Exercise 1: Observe your reactions to uncomfortable psychological stimuli

Exercise 2: Develop more precise control of your attention

Exercise 3: Practice observing your reactions while engaging the client

Part III: Advanced deliberate practice exercises

Exercise 4: Practice psychological self-recovery

Exercise 5: Use interval training to build our psychological capacity for specific stimuli

Exercise 6: Customize your deliberate practice

Part IV: Training strategy

Track your progress

Common challenges and solutions

Personal development for therapists

Looking forward

Part V: Resources

Deliberate practice exercise form

Customizing deliberate practice exercise form

Sample videos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781732565715

1732565716