Clinical Strategies for Becoming a Master Psychotherapist - Practical Resources
for the Mental Health Professional

Editor(s): William O'Donohue; Nicholas A. Cummings; Janet L. Cummings

High profile, expert, "master" therapists discuss the art psychotherapy.

The best health practices are a synthesis of science and art. Surgery is a case in point.
Although all competent surgeons follow scientific protocols, the best surgeons are masters
of the art of surgery and produce better outcomes: e.g., smaller incisions; lower mortality
rates. Psychotherapists are in exactly the same position. Psychotherapy is both a science
and an art. There are excellent resources that convey information about empirically
supported practices - the science of psychotherapy. However, this scientific information
is incomplete in two important ways. It does not cover key matters that come up in
psychotherapy (e.g., building a therapeutic relationship, resistance, termination), and it
often does not fully cover the "art" of implementing these techniques, the nuances, the
creative ways, the problem solving strategies when difficulties arise. This book is an
attempt to have high profile, expert, "master" therapists discuss the art of handling these
key issues.

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