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    Becoming a therapist : what do I say, and why? / Suzanne Bender, Edward Messner.

    • Title:Becoming a therapist : what do I say, and why? / Suzanne Bender, Edward Messner.
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    • Author/Creator:Bender, Suzanne.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Messner, Edward.
    • Published/Created:New York : The Guilford Press, 2003.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Psychotherapy.
    • Description:xx, 332 p. ; 24 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-321) and index.
    • ISBN:1572308044 (hbk.)
      1572309431 (pbk.)
    • Contents:First contact
      The first moments
      Initiating an alliance and assessing safety
      Enhancing the therapeutic alliance and eliciting history
      Collecting a psychosocial history and screening for common psychological disorders
      Formulating a treatment plan
      The frame
      Setting the fee and billing
      Telephone calls: from dependencies to emergencies
      No-shows, late arrivals, and late departures
      Confidentiality and its limits
      Substance abuse
      Integrating psychopharmacology with psychotherapy
      Management of impasses
      Empathic lapses
      Transference and countertransference
      Termination.
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