The Therapist's Workbook: Self-Assessment, Self-Care, and Self-Improvement Exercises for Mental Health Professionals

Product Description Mental health professionals spend their days helping others, but who is there to help them when stress and burnout threaten their own well-being? Filled with self-assessments, journaling exercises, and activities designed to facilitate renewal, growth, and change, this timely book helps clinicians help themselves with coverage of career threatening issues, such as fear of failure, loss of confidence, and the financial stress and loss of autonomy that many clinician's experience as a result of managed care and its constraints. About the Author Jeffrey Kottler is the former chair of the counseling department at California State University, Fullerton where he is currently a Professor of Counseling. He has worked as an educator and psychologist in PreK-12 schools, mental health centers, universities and community colleges, corporations, and private practice settings. He has served as a Fulbright Scholar and Senior Lecturer in Peru, Thailand, and Iceland, and has worked as a Visiting Professor in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Nepal.