How Psychotherapists Develop: A Study Of Therapeutic Work And Professional Growth

This volume documents a multinational survey undertaken to conduct systematic research on therapists? own personal and professional development. The authors and their collaborators present in this book an impressive amount of data in response to questions about the formative experience, practices, and development of psychotherapists at all career levels and across national borders such as: In what ways do professional psychotherapists develop over the course of their careers? What factors influence their growth, positively or negatively? How does a psychotherapist's personal growth affect his or her therapeutic work and personal life? To what extent are developmental patterns broadly similar for all therapists and to what extent do they vary by profession, theoretical persuasion, nationality, or other characteristics (e.g., gender)? Also includes additional information about who practices psychotherapy in different countries, how therapists are trained, what treatment modalities they use, how they view their work, and much more.