Clientul care m-a schimbat

by Jeffrey A. Kottler, Jon Carlson, Nicolae Baltă (Translator)

Psihoterapeuţii aflaţi în formare sunt avertizaţi de pericolele pe care le poate aduce o implicare prea mare în relaţia cu clienţii lor. Dar oricât de dezorientaţi ar fi, clienţii sunt un catalizator al transformării terapeutului. Când încercăm să ne ajutăm pacienţii să se descurce cu conflictele lor personale, ajungem deseori să ne ajutăm pe noi înşine în privinţa unor probleme similare. Când vindecăm suferinţa altora, ne-o vindecăm şi pe a noastră. Vorbim în şedinţele de terapie şi ne dăm seama deodată că, de fapt, ne vorbim în acelaşi timp şi nouă înşine. Cu fiecare comunicare, suntem siliţi să examinăm teme pe care poate că le-am ignorat, să punem sub semnul întrebării cele mai importante convingeri pe care le avem şi să ne explorăm zonele cele mai vulnerabile. Într-un fel, când desfăşurăm acest tip de activitate nu mai avem unde să ne ascundem.
În Clientul care m-a schimbat, autorii ne oferă prilejul de a-i asculta pe cei mai renumiţi terapeuţi care au pus bazele psihoterapiei, vorbind despre clienţii care i-au schimbat cel mai mult, care le-au declanşat o transformare personală intensă. Scrisă într-un limbaj accesibil, cartea se adresează studenţilor, psihoterapeuţilor în formare, clinicienilor cu experienţă şi tuturor celor interesaţi de aspectele esenţiale ale relaţiei terapeutice.

Jeffrey A. Kottler este profesor de consiliere psihologică la California State University şi a scris peste 65 de cărţi despre psihologie şi educaţie. În limba română a apărut la Editura Trei Mumia de la masa din sufragerie. Cele mai neobişnuite 32 de cazuri de psihoterapie.

Jon Carlson este profesor de psihologie şi consiliere psihologică la Governors State University şi psiholog la Wellness Clinic, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Memoir

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Jeffrey A. Kottler is a professor, psychologist, author, consultant, workshop leader, keynote speaker, and social justice advocate who has spent the past 40 years working throughout the world to promote personal and professional development among professionals and marginalized groups. Jeffrey has worked as a teacher, counselor, therapist, and consultant in a variety of settings including a preschool, primary and secondary school, university, mental health center, crisis center, and corporate settings.

Reviews

[اینتاریوش · Rating 4 out of 5]

جالب بود.
مصاحبه با بسیاری از درمانگران و مشاوران دنیا که حتی بعضی مثل جان گری و آلبرت الیس شهرت زیادی دارند درباره تحولاتی که مسببش مراجعین خودشون بودن. در پایان همه یک جمع بندی از کلیه این تحولات میکنه. برام بیشتر مثل یک مقاله بزرگ بود که آزمودنی هاش مشاوران و درمانگرها بودن و فصل آخر مثل بخش نتیجه گیری مقالات علمی هست.

[Deb · Rating 5 out of 5]

*Profound change goes both ways *

The fourth book in Kottler and Carlson's you-can't-just-read-one-of-the-stories series, this book shows how the therapeutic process (when done right) inspires change in the client and therapist alike. The stories in this book do a wonderful job in challenging the traditional view of psychotherapy wherein the therapist is seen as an "expert" who catalyzes the client's change, yet remains unchanged. Instead, as these stories reveal, effective therapy centers on a reciprocal and human relationship which ultimately touches the lives of both the client and therapist. The theme of this book is nicely captured with the question of: "How could we be therapists and not be transformed profoundly in all kinds of ways?"

[Fahimeh Abedinejad · Rating 4 out of 5]

این کتاب برای روانشناسان و مشاوران حرف زیادی برای گفتن داره، اما فکر کنم برای افرادی خارج از این رشته کمی ناملموس باشه.
این کتاب شامل ۲۴ روایت از ۲۴ درمانگر هست که هرکدام از یک مراجع تاثیرگذار خود سخن گفته اند.
بعضی از این روایت‌ها برای من به‌شخصه تکان‌دهنده بود اما بعضی‌هاشون نه زیاد و شاید حتی کسل‌کننده هم بود. در کل، کتاب برآیند این قصه‌هاست. همین که نویسنده برخلاف تصور غالب به تاثیرات مثبت و مفید مراجعان بر درمانگران پرداخته، خیلی ارزشمند هست و کمک میکنه خواننده هم کمی دیدش رو گسترش بده.

بخشی از متن کتاب:
“بدبخت‌ترین مردم آن‌هایی هستند که از زندگی معمولی و واقعی خود گریزان‌اند، گویی این معمولی بودن نشانه حقارت و شرمندگی آن‌هاست.
مگر انسان بودن چیز کمی است؟”

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing book. As a therapist in training as well as a client, this book has taught me a lot, both about possibilities of how to deal with challenging situations in therapy and about the possibility of actually making a difference as a client, too. This is a well written book with experiences from some great psychotherapists and it gives me hope about the efficiency of therapy as well as the client's role.

[Pallavi tomar · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a therapist in training, this book really spoke to me. The situations and dilemmas expressed here are one's we all face everyday, just what a therapist takes from a patient has never been portrayed so well by so many of them.

[No0or · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow the titel seems very attractive. Since I am ms.psychologist I really want t read it:)

[Deidra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes, it's a two-way street: therapists become better, too, because of their clients!