Therapists are often expected to be immune to the kind of problems that they help clients through. This book serves to demonstrate that this is certainly not the case: they are no more resistant to difficult and unexpected personal circumstances than anyone else. In this book, Marie Adams looks into the kind of problems that therapists can be afraid to face in their own lives, including divorce, bereavement, illness, depression and anxiety, and uses the experience of others to examine the best ways of dealing with them.
Key Features
- Explores the personal struggles of therapists, including depression and anxiety.
- Interviews with forty practitioners from various therapeutic backgrounds.
- Utilises clinical examples and research literature to support findings.
- Challenges mental health professionals to consider their own well-being.
- Links therapists’ personal histories to their career choices.
Additional Information
The Myth of the Untroubled Therapist looks at the lives of forty practitioners to learn how they coped during times of personal strife. Over half admitted to suffering from depression since entering the profession, and many continued practising while ill or under great stress. Some admitted to using their work as a ‘buffer’ against their personal circumstances in an attempt to avoid focusing on their own pain. The book is ideal for counsellors and psychotherapists as well as social workers and those working within any kind of helping profession.
