Bookedited by Len Jennings and Thomas M. Skovholt.
Summary: "Thomas Skovholt and Len Jennings' landmark Master Therapists: Exploring Expertise in Therapy and Counseling was the first book to apply qualitative methodology to the study of validly selected expert therapists. Considering the growing number of international qualitative studies on psychotherapy expertise, the authors join forces once again to provide students, academics, researchers, and practitioners with Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Master Therapist Studies from Around the World. In this book, Jennings and Skovholt compile and compare, for the first time, a series of parallel studies of expertise in psychotherapy from around the world. The studies include therapist expertise research projects in Southeast Asia (Singapore, Japan, and Korea), North America (the U.S.A. and Canada), and Europe (Czech Republic and Portugal). Synthesizing and presenting common characteristics of master practitioners on a global scale, Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy is the most comprehensive description of psychotherapy expertise at the international level that has ever been conducted."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The world of expertise in counseling and psychotherapy
Czech master therapists
Canadian master couple therapists
Being and becoming a psychotherapist in Portugal : a dialogue between personal and professional experiences
Psychotherapy expertise in Singapore : a qualitative investigation
Personal and professional characteristics of Japanese master therapists : a qualitative investigation on expertise in psychotherapy and counseling in Japan
Characteristics of Korean master group counselors
Bringing it all together : a qualitative meta-analysis of seven master therapists studies from around the world.