A Patient's Guide to Psychotherapy

<p>How therapy works often remains shrouded in mystery for prospective patients and therapists in training which does nothing to help either party.</p><p>Donald B. Colson who spent his career as a therapist and psychoanalyst makes the process user friendly with this overview of what you can expect from therapy. Taking a no-nonsense approach he explores how to tackle problems head on and work with a therapist to solve them. Beginning students of psychotherapy graduate students and therapists in training will also find the text instructive.</p><p>Colson reviews the reasons someone might seek therapy as well as how to find a therapist that meets your needs. He also explains how therapy works and highlights key concepts such as the centrality of relationships attachment unconscious processes defenses transference and counter-transference.</p><p>You'll also learn the main reasons patients seek relief how therapists facilitate change and the uses and misuses of diagnosis and diagnostic labels.</p><p>Seeking help from a therapist does not show weakness; it takes much more courage to confront personal problems than it takes to avoid them. Start overcoming fear anger shame guilt and troubled relationships with A Patient's Guide to Psychotherapy.</p>