The Vulnerable Therapist: Practicing Psychotherapy in an Age of Anxiety

by Helen Coale

Book Overview

A passionate, proactive stance on the present state of psychotherapy, The Vulnerable Therapist: Practicing Psychotherapy in an Age of Anxiety picks the brains of contemporary mental health... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789004801
• ISBN13: 9780789004802
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 11.7"

Customer Reviews

great for ethics continuing education

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Deeply impassioned, informed and intelligent.

From a social constructionist stance, the author challenges fundamental concepts of where ethical dilemmas in psychotherapy should be situated. A deeply contextual approach to ethical decision-making, Coale takes a courageous stance against rigid licensing board standards and the climate of vulnerability that therapists now practice within. I was moved (shaken at times), challenged in my assumptions about the nature of ethical clinical practice, and stimulated to re-examine some of the core beliefs of my own practice style. What more could you ask? A must-read for any clinician brave enough to examine the current culture of client-therapist interactions.