Veteran therapist and mental health writer Louis Cozolino's essential text contains everything he wished someone had told him during the first weeks and months of his clinical training. Now available in paperback, The Making of a Therapist provides guidance for first-time therapists. Cozolino addresses such basic concerns as: Do I need to be completely healthy myself before I can help others? What do I do if someone comes to me with an issue or problem I can't handle? He also delves into the routine of therapy and the subsequent stages in which you continue to work with clients. In this context, Cozolino presents the notion of the "good enough" therapist, one who can surrender to their own imperfections while still guiding the therapeutic relationship to a positive outcome. The final section, "Getting to Know Yourself," goes to the core of the therapist's relation to themselves. It addresses turning your weaknesses into strengths, as well as such complicated issues as pathological caretaking, counter-transference, and self-care. This book balances the process of developing therapeutic skills while also taking an inner journey-to becoming the professional, and person, you hope to be. With a new introduction to the paperback edition, this book remains an essential clinical reference. Book jacket.
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