Becoming a Therapist A Manual for Personal and Professional Development [Hardcover]

Personal development is fundamental to professional development and therapeutic practice. Until now, the unstructured personal or reflective journal has by default become the sole vehicle for recording reflection through training. Becoming a Therapistis a unique practical manual, facilitating the movement and growth of the reader, whilst raising awareness of resistance to change. With challenging questions and exercises, it forces the reader to consider his or her own personal value systems, strengths and limitations as they relate to the practice of therapy, tackling vital issues such as: family; culture; gender; and ethics.
Indispensable to counsellors, counselling psychologists and psychotherapists in training, Becoming a Therapistis a thought-provoking companion to personal and professional development.Introduction. Family. Culture. Gender. Ethics. Personal Strengths. Change and Resistance to Change. Conclusion. Finding a Counsellor or Personal Therapist.Malcolm Crossis a Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology and Director of Counselling Psychology Programmes at City University, London. Linda Papadopoulosis a Senior Lecturer and Course Director in Counselling Psychology at London Guildhall University, London.