Kniha představuje 50 nejběžnějších chyb, kterých se psychoterapeuti ve své praxi dopouštějí. Patří mezi ně např. neznat vlastní limity, ignorovat vědu, poškozovat terapeutický vztah, nepečovat o hranice, dopouštět se špatného časování, nepředcházet vlastnímu vyhoření a mnoho dalších. Kromě jejich popisu autoři zároveň nabízejí k úvaze, jak se jich vyvarovat. Jde o užitečný text především pro psychoterapeuty v praxi a studenty v terapeutickém výcviku, ale publikaci využijí také psychologové a pracovníci pomáhajících profesí.
Bernard Schwartz, Ph.D., je specialista na poli sportovní psychologie, autor řady knižních titulů. John V. Flowers, Ph.D., je profesor psychologie na Chapman University, klinický psycholog v soukromé praxi, klinický supervizor, autor řady knižních titulů.
Předmluvu napsal Arnold A. Lazarus, Ph.D., ABPP. Obálka Vladimír Zindulka.
Bernard Schwartz was Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa, and is the author of forty books on the law and the history of the Supreme Court.
OK ideas, but the cited research is very outdated (mostly in the 80s and 90s of last century) and the ideas themselves are not very thoroughly investigated, nor are the suggested ways of avoiding the errors very detailed and thought provoking.
Not bad, but nothing new under the sun. Especially since it builds on research that has been out there for quite some time. I found several pieces of advice that seemed useful, but mostly they were either too vague and broad or already somehow in my repertoire.
Handbook with a nicely organized overview of common therapeutic errors, with easily digestible advice for avoiding them. I think I will likely reference this again in the future.
As I am thinking about getting trained to become a clinical supervisor, How to Fail as a Therapist, covered a significant amount of things that I would want my clinicians to know. And also a wonderful reminder of things that I need to look out for.
Some include, over blending, over sharing (this I think I might do too little of sometimes), not holding boundaries outside of session (this depends on the approach and the work together, I often have suicidal clients text me everyday, as a form of check in and a thing to have them hold onto, some therapy techniques would say this is a no no), taking on more then the client, not talking through homework with the client and thinking they are in your head and know where you are coming from. The book covers multiple different things therapist may do to lose clients.
It’s a beneficial book as a reminder or as a guide to get you ready to go into the field. Must read for therapist.
I really love these books that offer realistic problems and brief, plausible solutions not only for the up and coming therapist, but also the established and everyone in between. One note to the authors...Johnny Wooden? Never heard him called that before!