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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811259803321

Autore

Weiss Lillie

Titolo

Therapist's guide to self-care / / Lillie Weiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Brunner-Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-135-93578-5

1-135-93577-7

1-280-23187-4

9786610231874

0-203-34011-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Disciplina

616.89/0232

Soggetti

Psychiatrists - Job stress - Prevention

Psychiatrists - Mental health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1  Visualize the Life You Want and DO IT!; CHAPTER 2  Ask Yourself: "If Money Were No Object..."; CHAPTER 3  Hire Yourself as Your Life Manager; CHAPTER 4  Do the Things You Enjoy and Eliminate Those That Drain You; CHAPTER 5  Create an Environment You Love in Which You Can Express Yourself; CHAPTER 6  Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow; CHAPTER 7  Get a Life; CHAPTER 8 Make Your Calendar Your Most Important Tool; CHAPTER 9  Diversify, Diversify, Diversify

CHAPTER 10  Simplify, Simplify, SimplifyCHAPTER 11  Eliminate Managed Care; CHAPTER 12  Learn To Set Limits; CHAPTER 13  Clinician, Know Thyself; CHAPTER 14  Take Time To Sharpen the Saw; CHAPTER 15 Learn To Recognize and Avoid Burnout; CHAPTER 16 Listen to Your Body's Signals; CHAPTER 17 Get Some Personal Therapy; CHAPTER 18 Talk to Your Colleagues; CHAPTER 19 Get Out of the Overresponsibility Trap; CHAPTER 20 Keep a Healthy Distance; CHAPTER 21  Learn To Deal with Uncertainty; CHAPTER 22  Remember Your Calling; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Psychotherapy is an increasingly stressful profession. Yet therapists



spend most of their time helping clients deal with their stress, not caring for their own. This book is designed as a tool for the experienced counselor, junior therapist, and graduate student, as the issues confronted and discussed herein are relevant to anyone in the field, regardless of experience or expertise. Dr. Weiss has written a book in an easy, conversational tone, filled with concrete examples and blending research findings, clinical experience and theoretical approaches into practical suggestions and sound advice