Getting Started as a Therapist: 50+ Tips for Clinical Effectiveness - Paperback

by Anthony D. Smith (Author)

Getting Started as a Therapist provides students and new therapists with a bridge between education and practice. Written for a transtheoretical audience, the book explores questions and struggles common to students and new therapist supervisees. Readers can find pointed guidance in 52 chapters, spanning five categories. Categories include:

• Establishing better therapeutic relationships.
• What to avoid saying to patients.
• Increasing diagnostic accuracy, understanding why diagnosis is not a dirty word, and how it is critical to a good outcome.
• Specialized topics like how to more effectively talk about self-injury and learning to use metaphors.
• Professional development such as making the most of supervision and how to limit liability.

The succinct chapters come alive with real-life examples and are often followed by suggestions for further reading and worksheets that help readers to refine their practice.

Author Biography

Anthony D. Smith is a licensed mental health counselor, certified juvenile court clinician, professor, clinical supervisor, and trainer with more than 20 years of experience. He maintains "Up & Running," a popular Psychology Today blog for new therapists.