| Before You See Your First Client: 55 Things Counselors, Therapists and Human Service Workers Need to Know Contributor(s): Rosenthal, Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415950643 ISBN-13: 9780415950640 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: "Before You See Your First Client" begins where courses, workshops, training seminars, and textbooks leave off, providing a candid behind-the-scenes look at the fields of therapy, counseling and human services. In a reader-friendly and accessible style, Dr. Howard Rosenthal offers his readers useful and practical ideas for the implementation, improvement, and expansion of one's mental health practice. Each of 55 concise chapters provides vital information regarding clinical work and policy issues on topics such as opening a risk-free private practice, maximizing one's salary, resume-building, ethical issues of advertising & marketing, managed care, billing, confidentiality, and malpractice policy rates. Stand-alone chapters allow the reader to easily find a topic of particular interest for a quick overview of the issue, followed by worthwhile tips and advice. Based on the author's own personal experiences, the book is written in an intimate and personal style to which inexperienced and beginning therapists can easily relate. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - General - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Counseling - Psychology | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 362.204 |
| LCCN: 2004051837 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.18" W x 9.02" (0.55 lbs) 170 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Mentally Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Before You See Your First Client begins where courses, workshops, training seminars, and textbooks leave off, providing a candid behind-the-scenes look at the fields of therapy, counseling and human services. In a reader-friendly and accessible style, Dr. Howard Rosenthal offers his readers 55 useful and practical ideas for the implementation, improvement, and expansion of one's mental health practice. Based on the author's own personal experiences, the book is written in an intimate and personal style to which inexperienced and beginning therapists can easily relate. |