What Every Therapist Needs to Know - Paperback

by Michael Karson (Author)

This book provides an overview on the topics that working clinicians need to know about. Topics include: foundational knowledge on psychology; conflict resolution; the working alliance; the therapeutic frame; technique; and feedback. It emphasizes the application of psychological theories to the therapy itself and not just to the patient's life.

Author Biography

Michael Karson, Ph.D., J.D., practiced psychotherapy with individuals, couples, and families for 29 years before entering academia in 2003. He is currently a professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver. Karson is the author of Deadly Therapy: Lessons in Liveliness from Theater and Performance Theory and Using Early Memories in Psychotherapy: Roadmaps to Presenting Problems and Treatment Impasses, as well as three other books.