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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459527303321

Autore

Bager-Charleson Sofie <1959->

Titolo

Why therapists choose to become therapists : a practice-based enquiry / / Sofie Bager-Charleson ; on behalf of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-90980-2

0-429-48503-4

1-282-78041-7

9786612780417

1-84940-766-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

UKCP series

Disciplina

150.1954092

616.8914092

Soggetti

Counselors - Training of

Counseling - Vocational guidance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Combining excellence in psychotherapy and counselling."--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-158) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Author and Members of the Reflective Writing Group; Introduction; Chapter One: The way we "story" our experiences; Chapter Two: Why do therapists choose to be therapists?; Chapter Three: Reflective practice; Chapter Four: Sofie's story: growing up with mental illness in the family; Chapter Five: Sheila's story: how meanings emerge between people; Chapter Six: Francesca's story: working with the givens of life; Chapter Seven: Sherna's story: cults, culture, and context; Chapter Eight: Susan's story: working with the beyond

Chapter Nine: Pam's story. Design or destiny: what brings us to therapy and the place of the self and possible self-disclosure in the therapeutic allianceChapter Ten: Concluding reflection; References

Sommario/riassunto

Almost two decades ago, the psychoanalyst Sussman concluded that the therapist's motivation for practicing was a neglected area. Is this maybe a question best left alone?This book revisits the question. The



authors support Sussman's rationale for raising the issue in the first place and wonder if much has changed since he referred to it as a 'neglected' area twenty years ago?This is an inquiry that moves from personal musing to collaborative and systematic inquiry. At the heart of the book lie six separate accounts as told by counsellors and psychotherapists in a reflective writing- and peer s