Getting Started as a Therapist: 50+ Tips for Clinical Effectiveness

Getting Started as a Therapist provides students and new therapists with a bridge between education and practice.Written for a transtheoretical audience, the book explores questions and struggles common to students and new therapist supervisees.Readers can find pointed guidance in 52 chapters, spanning five categories.Categories include: Establishing better therapeutic relationships. What to avoid saying to patients. Increasing diagnostic accuracy, understanding why diagnosis is not a dirty word, and how it is critical to a good outcome.Specialized topics like how to more effectively talk about self-injury and learning to use metaphors.Professional development such as making the most of supervision and how to limit liability.The succinct chapters come alive with real-life examples and are often followed by suggestions for further reading and worksheets that help readers to refine their practice.