Therapists Workbook

A Guide for SelfReflection, Growth, and ChangeForbidden feelings, secret fears, stress, burnoutthese are issues that many behavioral health care professionals treat in their clients everyday. But when its the clinician who is overwhelmed with these issues, there is often no oneand nowhere to turn to. Untreated, these issues can affect therapists ability to treat their clients effectively and put unneeded stress on their personal relationships. Based on the bestselling book On Being a Therapist, this muchneeded workbook nourishes and challenges psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and other counselors, guiding them gently on a journey of selfreflection and renewal. Jeffery Kottlers wellconceived guide offers behavioral health care professionals a concrete forum to address the crucial daily and longterm issues that inevitably arise in their work.To help clinicians help themselves, Kottler has filled this handson guide with selfassessment exercises and activitiesall designed to facilitate candid selfexpression, growth, and change. Special attention is paid to potentially career threatening issues, such as sexual attraction to a client, fear of failure, loss of confidence, and the financial stress and loss of autonomy that many clinicians experience as a result of managed care and its constraints.By actively engaging in the workbook activities and keeping a weekly journal, readers will come away with renewed motivation, energy, and creativity as clinicians, as well as a valuable written record of personal growth and reflection.