From the Other Side of the Couch: Candid Conversations with Psychiatrists and Psychologists

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What is it like to be a psychologist or a psychiatrist today Professionals with different kinds of practices and training from around the country talk candidly about their work, the effect that clients have upon them, and the various professional problems they face. They discuss how they have been trained, how they handle ethical questions, and how they feel about the profession. This short collection of interview material, based upon a national survey, provides a revealing and honest insider's view for clinicians, counselors, educators, and all those interested or touched by the mental health profession.

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The author paints a recognizable picture of the therapists he and his assistant interviewed. Accordingly, the reader is presented with very relevant therapeutic experiences and dilemmas. Some of the chapters may be good teaching tools when the goal is to make the therapist role more real and less mythical. Overall the volume illustrates well how to conduct and present qualitative research in a thorough and helpful way.-Contemporary Psychology
"The author paints a recognizable picture of the therapists he and his assistant interviewed. Accordingly, the reader is presented with very relevant therapeutic experiences and dilemmas. Some of the chapters may be good teaching tools when the goal is to make the therapist role more real and less mythical. Overall the volume illustrates well how to conduct and present qualitative research in a thorough and helpful way."-Contemporary Psychology

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CHRIS E. STOUT has served as an advisor to the White House and a representative to the United Nations, and is now Illinois' first Chief of Psychological Services. A clinical psychologist, he holds a joint governmental and academic appointment in the Northwestern University Medical School.