Becoming a Psychotherapist : A Clinical Primer

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Summary: If your dog starts to bark... pull more firmly on the leash
Review: Reads like a dog trainer's manual. Great way to see what an alienating farce psychodynamic therapy is for treating real depression. Read it behind your therapist's back and have some fun with his or her tiny, clinical, robotic mind.

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Summary: valuable reading for patients as well as therapists
Review: What wisdom there is to be found in these pages. There are insights as valuable as those gained in psychotherapy in this fine book. Though it is intended as a primer for those training to become psychotherapists, this is a book written in accessible language that any lay person can grasp and actually enjoy. The late Alan Balsam and his widow Rsemary Balsam, who completed the text, offer a deeply humane perspective on the psychotherapeutic techniques available to help treat people in extremis.