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What Therapists Don't Talk About and Why

by: Pope, Kenneth S.

What Therapists Don't Talk About and Why

by: Pope, Kenneth S.

ISBN 13:
9781591474012
ISBN 10:
1591474019
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 03/01/2006
Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

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Discusses a full range of taboo topics in psychotherapy. Topics include basic myths about psychotherapists, confronting an impasse, being unaware of the client's attraction, clues to taboo and uncomfortable feelings, and more. For psychotherapists. Previous edition, c1993, titled Sexual Feelings in Psychotherapy. Softcover, hardcover available.

ABOUT THE SECOND EDITION

xix

FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION: THINGS MY TEACHERS NEVER MENTIONED

Gerald P. Koocher xxi

FOREWORD TO THE 1993 EDITION

xxv

Melba J.T. Vasquez

Chapter 1: Questioning Myths, Taboos, Secrets, and Uncomfortable Topics

(24)

Basic Myths About the Psychotherapist

(17)

The Nature and Reality of Myths, Taboos, Secrets, and Uncomfortable Topics

(3)

The Process of Questioning Myths, Taboos, Secrets, and Uncomfortable Topics

(1)

The Process of Exploration, Discovery, and Learning

(2)

Chapter 2: Therapists' Sexual Arousals, Attractions, and Fantasies: An Example of a Topic That Isn't There

(16)

Another Myth

(1)

Guilt by Association

(4)

Keeping Dirty Laundry Private

(1)

"Sensitive Information" About Patients but Not About Therapists

(1)

Angry, Greedy, Powerful Women and Innocent, Virtuous, Vulnerable Men

(1)

Higher Premiums

(1)

"Victimized" by Exclusion?

(1)

Are Sexual Feelings Harder to Talk About Than Actual Sexual Involvement?

(7)

Chapter 3: Creating Conditions for Learning

(10)

Safety

(1)

Understanding the Task

(1)

Openness

(1)

Respect

(1)

Encouragement

(1)

Privacy

(1)

Acceptance

(2)

Sensitivity

(1)

Frankness

(1)

Support

(3)

Chapter 4: Questions We'd Rather Avoid: A Self-Assessment

(12)

Questions

(11)

Chapter 5: Possible Clues to Taboo Topics and Uncomfortable Feelings

(20)

Therapy Adrift

(1)

Repetitive Therapy

(1)

The Discrepant Record

(1)

The Dehumanized Client

(1)

The Dehumanized Therapist

(1)

Avoidance

(1)

Theory-Obliterated Therapy

(1)

The Client-Friend

(1)

Obsession

(1)

Interesting Slips and Meaningful Mistakes

(2)

Fantasies, Dreams, Daydreams, and Other Imaginings

(2)

Undue Special Treatment

(1)

Isolation of the Client

(1)

Isolation of the Therapist

(2)

Creating a Secret

(1)

Seeking Repeated Reassurance From Colleagues

(1)

Boredom and Drowsiness as Protective Reactions

(4)

Chapter 6: Passages and Scenarios for Exploration

(60)

Beginning and Ending the Session

(1)

Initial Appointment

(1)

The Movie

(1)

The New Client

(2)

The Therapist's Fear of Showing Feeling: A Passage From Clara Thompson

(1)

The Perfect Therapist

(1)

Cognitive–Behavioral Approach to "Ugly": A Passage From Ellen Toby Mass and Joann Paley Galst

(2)

The Two-Person Practice

(1)

The Request

(1)

Telling a Client to Undress During a Therapy Session: A Passage From Milton Erickson

(3)

Staffing Patterns

100

(1)

A Client's Anger at a Therapist's Voyeurism: A Passage From Laura Brown

101

(1)

The Requirement

102

(1)

Sounds

103

(2)

Are Beliefs About Race and Sex Related? A Passage From Leon Williams

105

(1)

A Request for Help

106

(1)

The Media and the Message

107

(1)

Beatings, Grief, Love, and Sex: A Passage From Fritz Penis

108

(3)

What You Enjoy

111

(1)

A Client in Crisis

111

(1)

A Patient's Difficulties Talking About Sexual Fantasies: A Passage From Mardi Horowitz

112

(2)

The New Client

114

(1)

The Surprise Date

114

(1)

A Voyeuristic Response to an Incest Survivor: A Passage From Christine Courtois

115

(2)

Adjunctive Therapy

117

(1)

The Note

118

(1)

Eyes Open

118

(1)

No More

119

(1)

Your Income

120

(1)

Leaving on Vacation

120

(1)

Bright, Funny, Articulate, and Likable

121

(1)

Normal

122

(1)

Fantasizing Love and Marriage With a Patient: A Passage From Harold Searles

123

(2)

Saved!

125

(1)

The Security Guard

125

(1)

The Partner

126

(1)

A Therapist Unaware of the Client's Attraction: A Passage From Marny Hall

127

(1)

Diagnosis

128

(1)

Size

129

(1)

Recordings and Photographs

129

(1)

A Different Direction

130

(1)

Research Data

131

(1)

The Right Stuff

131

(1)

The Party

132

(1)

Misusing the Borderline Diagnosis: A Passage From David Reiser and Hanna Levenson

133

(2)

A Strong Reaction

135

(1)

Medication

135

(1)

A Client Becomes Aroused When Her Therapist Comes to Her Home: A Passage From Helen Block Lewis

136

(2)

Descriptions

138

(2)

A Suicidal Client

140

(1)

The Newspaper

140

(1)

Instructing a Client to Imagine Her Breasts Tingling: A Passage From Theodore Barber

141

(1)

Feeling Safe

142

(1)

Pleasing a Husband

143

(2)

Chapter 7: Confronting an Impasse: What Do We Do When We Don't Know What to Do?

145

(9)

Consulting

146

(1)

Competence

147

(1)

Charting

148

(1)

Uncharacteristic Behaviors

149

(2)

Advances in Theory, Research, and Practice

151

(1)

Looking for Logical Flaws

151

(1)

The Legal and Ethical Framework

152

(2)

Continued Questioning

154

(3)

APPENDIX: "Therapists' Anger, Hate, Fear, and Sexual Feelings: National Survey of Therapist Responses, Client Characteristics, Critical Events, Formal Complaints, and Training"

157

(26)

INDEX

183

(10)

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

193

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