Reflecting on Therapy
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Reflecting on Therapy

  1. 206 pages
  2. English
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Reflecting on Therapy

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About This Book

Michael Jacobs is the author of key texts, such as Psychodynamic Counselling in Action and The Presenting Past. Looking back over fifty years' experience as a therapist and reflecting on some forty years as a supervisor and teacher, he invites you to join him and reflect upon issues uncovered in the therapy room.

Therapists are encouraged to engage in reflective practice, thinking through what they are saying and doing, together with presenting their work in supervision in order to engage in fine-tuning their insight and skills. However, it is hard to find the time with so many demands pressing in. Michael presents various situations, phrases and practices which may evade reflection since they are so common in the consulting room, or which may challenge assumptions that easily become habitual in a therapist's practice. He unpacks apparent conventional phrases, such as 'How are you?', 'Did you see …?', 'And …'. He says the unsayable, looks at the place of CPD, questions 'expertise', the impact of failure, Freud's cigars, expectations on the therapist, being a therapist, the value of apologies, letting be, niggles, the vicissitudes of memory, the pointlessness of questions, what therapists miss, hopes, goals, taboos, finishing therapy, money, notes … and many, many more significant possibilities that arise in the course of a week's regular sessions.

This beautiful little book contains space within for your own notes, thoughts, and reflections after each reflection from Michael. This gives you the opportunity to ponder, to savour, to develop or disagree on the ideas you encounter. Take your time, slow down, and allow your thoughts to grow.

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Publisher
Phoenix Publishing House
Year
2024
ISBN
9781800132726
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Psychotherapy
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title
  3. Full Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. 1 - There’s no hurry—how you might use these reflections
  7. 2 - ‘How are you?’
  8. 3 - Being outrageouss
  9. 4 - Saying ‘No’
  10. 5 - Developing practice
  11. 6 - Emptying and opening
  12. 7 - What is expertise?
  13. 8 - Balancing the ship
  14. 9 - And …?
  15. 10 - More than a parrot
  16. 11 - Quick to judge
  17. 12 - A flexible core
  18. 13 - My friend failure
  19. 14 - Outbursts and inbursts
  20. 15 - Did you see…?
  21. 16 - As if …
  22. 17 - Taking the flak
  23. 18 - A sprinkling of CPD
  24. 19 - The way
  25. 20 - A cigar is a cigar is a cigar
  26. 21 - Great expectations
  27. 22 - What do you do?
  28. 23 - Fears and wishes
  29. 24 - Apologies
  30. 25 - The ambivalence of the therapist
  31. 26 - The ambivalence of the therapist—further thoughts
  32. 27 - Let be
  33. 28 - Silence
  34. 29 - Outcomes and goals
  35. 30 - The response
  36. 31 - Niggles
  37. 32 - There’s always a flip side
  38. 33 - Enriching practice
  39. 34 - I don’t like …
  40. 35 - Pressure
  41. 36 - Questions
  42. 37 - Difference
  43. 38 - Remembering
  44. 39 - What did you miss out?
  45. 40 - His (or her or their) therapist’s voice
  46. 41 - Hope
  47. 42 - Gifts
  48. 43 - Leaving therapy
  49. 44 - Alone or lonely?
  50. 45 - Taboo
  51. 46 - Money
  52. 47 - Does one size really fit all?
  53. 48 - Notes
  54. 49 - Co-creation
  55. 50 - The mysterium
  56. About the author