How Psychotherapists Live; The Personal Self and Private Life of Professional Healers; First Edition

How Psychotherapists Live is a landmark study of thousands of mental health practitioners
worldwide. It significantly advances our understanding of psychotherapists
and counselors by focusing on their individual qualities and lives, revealing the
many ways they differ as persons and how those differences shape their experiences
of therapeutic work.
Topics include the therapist’s personal self, private life, individual beliefs,
quality of life, childhood family experiences, and personal psychotherapy. Based
on thirty years of research, the book is written to interest clinical practitioners
while also providing researchers with a rich array of data.
Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, and counselors can
easily compare their own experiences with the thousands of therapists in the
study by reflecting on typologies constructed from research findings. The book
will also be a valuable resource for researchers studying the sources of variation
in therapists’ effectiveness.