Download Author: Kottler, Jeffrey Ph.D.

41 eBooks available.

How Therapists Perceive, Think, Sense, and Process Their Experiences

Professionals who are good at helping people resolve their difficulties are able to think in a multidimensional mode that transcends disciplinary boundaries. They stretch beyond conventional reasoning in ways that allow them to discover patterns, apply their skills and knowledge, and perceive things that are invisible to all but the enlightened. (78 pp.)

What Therapists Actually Do with Clients That Makes a Difference

Competence in therapy can be assessed according to the degree of mastery the professional has reached in each of the following clinical skill areas: selecting suitable clients, role induction, relationship building, interviewing, linguistic coaching, interpreting, confronting, handling resistance, focusing, questioning, problem solving, setting limits, self-disclosure, and dealing with endings. (87 pp.)

The Imperfect Therapist

The authors discuss the fears about professional effectiveness, treatment outcomes, and legal risks and then outline the defenses – such as denial of failure, overwork, isolation and substance abuse – that therapists often use to avoid facing their vulnerabilities. They offer advice for handling anxieties and enhancing personal and professional growth. (200 pages)

The Compleat Therapist

How can therapists practice so differently yet achieve similar results? Using the stories of colleagues as well as his own rich experience, Jeffrey Kottler identifies the traits of an effective therapist’s repertoire. This is a book for therapists and clients alike who are struggling to understand the diversity of the therapeutic process. (234 pages)

Compassionate Therapy:Working with Difficult Clients

How does a therapist handle a manipulative or controlling client? How can one overcome intense hostility in an uncooperative client? Arguing that therapeutic conflict can be a constructive force, this book shows how therapists can use the struggle to examine their own abilities, deepen their compassion and develop flexibility. (260 pp.)

The Language of Tears

Offers insightful answers to such questions as: Why do we cry? How do men and women’s tears differ? How are tears interpreted in different cultures? When is crying therapeutic and when does it become self destructive? Tears are valuable as an opportunity for communication, intimacy, change and enlightenment. (292 pages)