| Description |
xiii, 201 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- -- Introduction The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Parameters of Bad Therapy -- -- 1. JEFFREY A. KOTTLER: The Thing Is -- -- 2. JON CARLSON: Stories Without Endings -- -- 3. PEGGY PAPP: A Public Humiliation -- -- 4. ARNOLD A. LAZARUS: A Huge Dose of Humility -- -- 5. VIOLET OAKLANDER: If I Learned Something, -- Then I Can Forgive Myself -- -- 6. RICHARD SCHWARTZ: The Critical Parts of Me -- -- 7. WILLIAM GLASSER: I Can't Wait Until You Leave -- -- 8. STEPHEN LANKTON: Speaking the Client's Language -- -- 9. FRANCINE SHAPIRO: I Need to Have Safeguards in Place -- -- 10. RAYMOND CORSINI: Don't Get Stuck With One Approach -- -- 11. JOHN GRAY: Being in Bad Therapy -- -- 12. FRANK PITTMAN: I Take a Lot of Risks -- -- -- -- SAM GLADDING: I Zigged When I Should Have Zagged -- -- SUSAN M. JOHNSON: I Felt Quite Helpless -- -- PAT LOVE: Listening to My Inner Voice -- -- ART FREEMAN: We're Not as Smart as We Think We Are -- -- JOHN C. NORCROSS: 50 Minutes of Pure Hostility -- -- LEN SPERRY: Letting Things Get Personal -- -- SCOTT D. MILLER: I Should Have Known Better -- -- MICHAEL F. HOYT: I Was Blind at the Time -- -- RICHARD B. STUART: I Expect Too Much -- -- MICHELE WEINER-DAVIS: Struck by a Bolt -- of Lightning-Again! -- -- Some Common Themes and Lessons Learned -- -- References |
| Summary |
"Bad Therapy" offers a rare and revealing glimpse into the mindset and actions of some of the profession's most seasoned and well known authors, theoreticians and leaders. Kottler and Carlson guide us through these honest and poignant accounts of failure and entertaining stories of encouragement. Nobly revisiting the therapeutic mishaps and foibles, twenty-two leading clinicians show how moments of falllibility result in lessons that constructively lead to mastery |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Psychiatric errors.
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Psychotherapy -- methods.
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Medical Errors -- psychology.
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Clinical Competence.
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Professional-Patient Relations.
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Judgment.
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| Author |
Carlson, Jon.
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| LC no. |
2002008676 |
| ISBN |
0415933226 : |
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0415933234 paperback |
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