{"product_id":"becoming-better-psychotherapists-9781433836756","title":"Becoming Better Psychotherapists","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book examines the training and supervision of psychotherapists, with a focus on psychotherapy efficacy and key issues facing psychotherapy training programs today. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While some therapists are more effective than others, good training and supervision can provide all clinicians with the skills and tools to become effective practitioners. Considerable research has shown the broad efficacy of psychotherapy, but there are still many clients who do not fully benefit from therapy, some who don''t benefit at all, and even some who get worse as a consequence of therapy. The overall goal of training and supervision, and efforts to study these practices, should be to enhance the current degree of effectiveness that has been reached in psychotherapy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book offers innovative knowledge on how to better understand and improve training by relying on the reflections, research discoveries, and collaborative work of psychotherapy scholars who represent a diversity o\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 1. Introduction to \u003ci\u003eBecoming Better Psychotherapists\u003cbr\u003e             Louis G. Castonguay and Clara E. Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Conceptual and Empirical Foundations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. What Competencies Should Therapists Acquire and How Should They Acquire Them?\u003cbr\u003e            \u003ci\u003eLouis G. Castonguay, James F. Boswell, Franz Caspar, Myrna L. Friedlander, Beatriz Gómez, Adele M. Hayes, Martin grosse             Holtforth, Stanley B. Messer, Michelle G. Newman, and Bernhard M. Strauss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Psychotherapy Training and Supervision With Undergraduate and Graduate Students\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e          Clara E. Hill and Sarah Knox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Professional Training and Supervision After Graduation: Is it Worthwhile?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e         Katie Aafjes-van Doorn and Jacques P. Barber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Therapeutic Skills Training\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Training on Context-Responsive Psychotherapy Integration: An Evidence-Informed Framework \u003ci\u003eMichael J. Constantino, Alice E. Coyne, James F. Boswell, Marvin R. Goldfried, and Louis G. Castonguay\u003c\/i\u003e Chapter 6. Alliance-Focused Training: Teaching Therapists to Navigate Alliance Ruptures \u003ci\u003eCatherine F. Eubanks, J. Christopher Muran, and Lisa Wallner Samstag\u003c\/i\u003e Chapter 7. Training Therapists to Manage Countertransference via Reflective Practice \u003ci\u003eJeffrey A. Hayes, Claire C. Cartwright, and Fanghui Zhao\u003c\/i\u003e Chapter 8. Building a Theory of Therapist Responsiveness Training \u003ci\u003eWilliams B. Stiles, Jordan Bate, and Timothy Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e Chapter 9. Deliberate Practice for Immediacy: Skill Use and Client Outcome \u003ci\u003eD. Martin Kivlighan III, and Dennis M. Kivlighan Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Technology and Psychotherapy Training\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Data-Informed Clinical Training and Practice \u003ci\u003eWolfgang Lutz, Anne-Katharina Deisenhofer, Birgit Weinmann-Lutz, and Michael Barkham\u003c\/i\u003e Chapter 11. Technology and Psychotherapy Training \u003ci\u003eMatteo Bugatti, Zac E. Imel, and Jesse J. Owen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. Supervision and Consultation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. Good Supervision, Better Therapy: Trainees' Accounts of How Supervisors Helped Them Manage Difficult Therapy Situations \u003ci\u003eMyrna L. Friedlander, Laurie Heatherington, Clara E. Hill, Sarah Knox, Catherine F. Eubanks, Lynne E. Angus, and Mengfei Xu\u003c\/i\u003e Chapter 13. Peer Consultation for Early Career Psychotherapists: A Preliminary Study \u003ci\u003eJ. Ryan Kilcullen, Louis G. Castonguay, Dever M. Carney, Katherine A. Davis, Natalie R. Pottschmidt, Samuel J. Knapp, Corrie L. Jackson, Neil A. Hemmelstein, and Ann Marie Frakes\u003c\/i\u003e Chapter 14. Informal Supervision: A Significant and Overlooked Aspect of Therapists' Training \u003ci\u003eBarry A. Farber and Daisy Ort\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. Looking for the Best, Avoiding the Worst, and Exploring Lifelong Experiences in Training\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15. Selecting Future Psychotherapists for Training: A Nationwide Study of Ideal Characteristics and Current Practices \u003ci\u003eLaurie Heatherington, Jacques P. Barber, J. Ryan Kilcullen, Louis G. Castonguay, Katherine A. Davis, Peter Barry, and Dennis M. Kivlighan Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e Chapter 16. Nil Nocere: How to Avoid Harm in Psychotherapy Training \u003ci\u003eBernhard M. Strauss and Dominique Frenzl\u003c\/i\u003e Chapter 17. The Role of Faith and Doubt in the Development of Six Psychotherapy Scholars and Practitioners: Implications for Training and Supervision\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e           Clara E. Hill, Sarah Knox, Heidi A. Zetzer, Barry A. Farber, Catherine F. Eubanks, and Timothy Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI. Conclusions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 18. Clinical, Research, and Policy Implications for Psychotherapy Training and Supervision in the 21st Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e           Clara E. Hill, Louis G. Castonguay, and the participants in the Penn State Conference\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"American Psychological Association","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408240058711,"sku":"9781433836756","price":70.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433836756.jpg?v=1730502102","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/becoming-better-psychotherapists-9781433836756","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}