Becoming a Therapist : What Do I Say, and Why?

Introduction 1(8) I. THE CONSULTATION First Contact 9(10) The First Moments 19(7) Initiating an Alliance and Assessing Safety 26(14) Enhancing the Therapeutic Alliance and Eliciting History 40(27) Collecting a Psychosocial History and Screening for Common Psychological Disorders 67(21) Formulating a Treatment Plan 88(17) II. FRAME AND VARIATIONS The Frame 105(4) Setting the Fee and Billing 109(25) Telephone Calls: From Dependencies to Emergencies 134(19) No-Shows, Late Arrivals, and Late Departures 153(21) Confidentiality and Its Limits 174(23) III. CHEMISTRY Substance Abuse 197(19) Integrating Psychopharmacology with Psychotherapy 216(19) IV. THERAPEUTIC DILEMMAS Management of Impasses 235(24) Empathic Lapses 259(18) Transference and Countertransference 277(14) Termination 291(18) Epilogue 309(2) Glossary 311(8) Bibliography 319(4) Acknowledgments 323(2) Index 325