Description
This text is for beginning therapists in all the helping professions including psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing and pastoral counselling. It presents practical advice and is illustrated with numerous clinical examples that speak to the concerns and anxieties of the student therapist. Among the topics discussed are taking a history, making a diagnosis and dealing with suicidal and homicidal patients. This book’s discussion of the relationship of theory to practice should be useful for all those who are in the process of formulating their own therapeutic perspective.
