What Therapists Don't Talk About And Why: Understanding Taboos That Hurt Us And Our Clients

by Kenneth S. Pope, Beverly Greene

This book is a must-read for any psychotherapist. It explores the realworldand often secret problems encountered in clinical practice in a creative, personal, and very useful fashion. In this world of increasing professionalaccountability and liability, clinicians can be assured that their practices will be much better off for having implemented the commonsense suggestions made by the authors.

Genres: Psychology, Counselling, Nonfiction

199 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2006

Reviews

[Yodar · Rating 3 out of 5]

25% readable and relevent. 75% repetative. Too much emphasis on sexual arrousal and involvement issues in therapy. The other topics and scenarios were useful and I will likely return to those pages for reference later. If you've gone through a recent social work ethics course you already know many of the sexual-related issues presented in this book.

[Olwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very useful book for reviewing ethical principles of practice. Includes potential scenarios to consider.

[Daniel Barnhart · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not exactly what I expected when I purchased this book. A helpful exploration of what may be uncomfortable topics for therapists and clinicians. Overly focused on matters of a sexual nature, which is what the first edition of the book was solely focused on.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

On one hand I believe the concept of things being hidden keeps us from understanding them, I could not get onboard with everything in this book. Most useful part was the scenario examples.

[Ted Feder · Rating 3 out of 5]

The questions this book asks about how would you, as a psychotherapist, deal with difficult situations that do and can appear if your practice, are excellent - as a guide to group discussion, truly a book that should be part of each clinic, office and bookshelf. I do feel, however, that the authors could risk giving at least some answers to the questions even though I understand that there are so many approaches within the psychology world that it would be impossible to cover all the questions and possible answers. At the end of my reading, I felt that I had discovered a number of issues I had never looked at, but not closer to possible solutions.

[Tracie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. I think it should be required reading for all counselors and psychologists in training!