A Primer for Beginning Psychotherapy 2nd Edition

A PRIMERFOR BEGINNINGPSYCHOTHERAPY
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 Contents
 Preface
 Preface to the First Edition
 Chapter 1 The Patients
 1. Who Are the Patients?
 2. Can Patients Be Conveniently Placed into Diagnostic Groups?
 3. What Are the Characteristics of the Normal-Neurotic Grouping?
 4. What Are the Characteristics of the Borderline Grouping?
 5. What Are the Characteristics of the Narcissistic Grouping?
 6. What Are the Characteristics of the Psychotic Grouping?
 7. Is Placing Patients into These Large Groupings Useful for Therapy?
 Chapter 2 The Therapists
 8. Who Are the Psychotherapists? 9. What Are Some of the Problems Inherent in Doing Psychotherapy?10. How Important Is One\'s Personal Therapy or Psychoanalysis?
 11. What Kinds of Personal Characteristics and Experiences Help Make a Good Therapist?
 12. What About the Role of Life Experience?
 13. What Is the Role of Training and Supervision?
 14. How Long Does It Take to Become an Effective Therapist?
 15. Is It Useful to See a Variety of Patients, or Is It Better to Specialize?
 16. Do Some Therapists Work Better With Specific Types of Patients?
 17. Is the Sex or Ethnic Background of the Therapist Important? Chapter 3 The Psychotherapy18. How Can Psychotherapy Be Classified?
 19. What Is Psychoanalysis, and for Whom Is It Indicated?
 20. What Is Analytically Oriented Psychotherapy and for Whom Is It Indicated?
 21. What is Modified Analytically Oriented Psychotherapy, and for Whom Is It Indicated?
 22. What Is Dynamically Oriented Psychotherapy, and for Whom Is It Indicated?
 23. What Is Supportive Psychotherapy, and for Whom Is It Indicated?
 24. What Is Cognitive Therapy and for Whom Is It Indicated?
 Chapter 4 Larger Issues Regarding Psychotherapy. 25. What Are the Larger Issues Regarding Psychotherapy?26. What Is Meant by the Stability of the Therapeutic Environment?
 27. Should the Therapist Be Neutral?
 28. Must the Therapist Be Flexible?
 29. What Is Countertransference, and What Role Does It Play?
 30. What Is the Role of Empathy?
 31. How Active Should the Therapist Be?
 32. What Is the Mechanism of Change in Psychotherapy?
 Chapter 5 The Office Setting
 33. How Important Is the Office Setting?
 34. What Factors Are Important in Setting Up an Office?
 35. What About the Waiting Room?
 36. What About the Bathroom? 37. What About a Telephone?38. Is a Home Office Desirable?
 Chapter 6 The Initial Interview
 39. What Should the Therapist Say When the Patient First Calls?
 40. What Kinds of Patients Tend to Stay on the Phone, and How Does the Therapist Deal With Them?
 41. What Are the Goals of the Initial Session?
 42. How Is the Initial Session Structured?
 43. How Does the Therapist Proceed With History Taking?
 44. How Are Recommendations Made?
 45. What Is the Best Way to Refer to Another Therapist?
 Chapter 7 Arrangements
 46. What Initial Arrangements Need to Be Discussed With the Patient?