Posted by Dinah on May 1, 2005, at 10:48:06
In reply to Re: Book suggestions?, posted by fallsfall on May 1, 2005, at 9:39:31
Ooh, meant to mention. I like the case studies less because of the insights into the clients and more because of reading how the therapists think and react. I guess I find therapy fascinating from the point of view of the therapist.
Kottler's book on bad therapy is one of my favorites. He interviewed a bunch of famous therapists about the cases where they screwed up. And some of them did as he asked and gave excellent examples of bad therapy. But some of them treated it like that interview question "What is your greatest weakness?" and ended up giving examples of cases where they worked heroically against overwhelming odds yet still had a bad outcome - well, not necessrily bad. Sometimes it just took longer for a good outcome or the good outcome looked different than they expected.
It made me roll on the floor laughing.
And I knew that was a good interview question to ask a therapist. :) Because I wanted the sort who would admit they could screw up royally.
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