{"product_id":"the-client-who-changed-me-9780415951081","title":"The Client Who Changed Me","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the impact that clients can have on therapists is well-known, most work on the subject consists of dire warnings: mental health professionals are taught early on to be on their guard for burnout, compassion fatigue, and countertransference. However, while these professional hazards are very real, the scholarly focus on the negative potential of the client-counselor relationship often implies that no good can come of allowing oneself to get too close to a client''s issues. This sentiment obscures what every therapist knows to be true: that the client-counselor relationship can also effect powerful positive transformations in a therapist''s own life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Client Who Changed Me\u003c\/em\u003e is Jeffrey Kottler and Jon Carlson''s testimony to the significant and often life-changing ways in which therapists have been changed by their patients. Kottler and Carlson draw not only upon their own extensive experience - between them, they have more than fifty years in the field -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...I was struck by the honesty and sense of inadequacy of therapists when acknowledging that they were ultimately powerless to help the individuals. Many took the painful experience forward to inform their future work, refusing to remain complacent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kottler and Carlson's book provides a powerful illustration of how ultimately such personal development leads to a better therapist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Although suitable for all therapists this is especially relevant for those exploring their transition into a deeper developmental stage both personally and professionally.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Angela Cooper, Psychotherapist and counsellor, \u003cem\u003etherapy today \u003c\/em\u003eSeptember 2006\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors. From Clay to Fire: A Mythological Tale. \u003cem\u003eArredondo,\u003c\/em\u003e The Client who Inspired her Therapist. \u003cem\u003eBrown,\u003c\/em\u003e A Spiritual Awakening. \u003cem\u003eCarlson,\u003c\/em\u003e Self-surgery to Remove the Transponder. \u003cem\u003eDuncan,\u003c\/em\u003e When Courage is Enough. \u003cem\u003eEllis,\u003c\/em\u003e Learning From a Difficult Customer. \u003cem\u003eGray,\u003c\/em\u003e Little Things Make a Big Difference. \u003cem\u003eHardy,\u003c\/em\u003e Mister Black Doctor. \u003cem\u003eKeeney,\u003c\/em\u003e A Family of Pirates. \u003cem\u003eKirschenbaum,\u003c\/em\u003e A Flood of Feeling. \u003cem\u003eKottler,\u003c\/em\u003e About Last Night. \u003cem\u003eKrumboltz,\u003c\/em\u003e The Story of the Sun and the Wind. \u003cem\u003eLankton,\u003c\/em\u003e Clients Tune Me Up. \u003cem\u003eLove,\u003c\/em\u003e The Broken Heart. \u003cem\u003eMarlatt,\u003c\/em\u003e A New Name. \u003cem\u003eMcCullough,\u003c\/em\u003e The Lady Cloaked in Fog. \u003cem\u003eMurphy,\u003c\/em\u003e A Language of Shrugs. \u003cem\u003eNeimeyer,\u003c\/em\u003e Using Metaphors to Thaw a Frozen Woman. \u003cem\u003eOaklander,\u003c\/em\u003e The Kitten that Roared. \u003cem\u003ePedersen, \u003c\/em\u003eA Lesson in Humility. \u003cem\u003ePittman,\u003c\/em\u003e An Affair with an Alien. \u003cem\u003eScharff,\u003c\/em\u003e The Patient Who Taught Me to Be a Therapist. \u003cem\u003eWalker,\u003c\/em\u003e Finding Justice with a Sledge Hammer. \u003cem\u003eYapko,\u003c\/em\u003e Caught in a Controversy. How Clients Change their Therapists. References. Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018217652567,"sku":"9780415951081","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415951081.jpg?v=1750776051","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-client-who-changed-me-9780415951081","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}