Becoming a therapist : what do I say, and why? - Bender, Suzanne; Messner, Edward (New York : Guilford Press, 2004)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-321) and index.
Keywords: Psychotherapy