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Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy Len Jennings (Professor of Counseling Psychology, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of St. Thomas.)

Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy By Len Jennings (Professor of Counseling Psychology, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of St. Thomas.)

Summary

In this book, qualitative studies on psychotherapy expertise from the U.S.A., Canada, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Portugal, and the Czech Republic are compiled and synthesized. Understanding the universal characteristics of expert therapists practicing around the world provides training programs and mental health practitioners with a heuristic for optimal therapist and counselor development.

Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy Summary

Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Master Therapist Studies from Around the World by Len Jennings (Professor of Counseling Psychology, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of St. Thomas.)

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.

Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy Reviews

Jennings and Skovholt's edited book represents a unique contribution to the study of master therapists that not only presents high quality studies from various countries, but also uses the means of qualitative meta-analysis in order to synthesize the findings across those studies. The international character of the book together with the use of innovative methodologies makes this endeavour a truly remarkable addition to counselling and psychotherapy research. Congratulations to all contributors! - Ladislav Timulak, PhD, Course Director, Doctoral Programme in Counselling Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
This book addresses the call for the internationalization of psychotherapy research. We can learn much from master therapists around the world - and our learning certainly is enhanced by the comprehensive synthesis of research on counselor expertise provided by Jennings, Skovholt, and their colleagues. Graduate programs in psychology will benefit greatly from this inspiring and important work. - Karen M. O'Brien, PhD, Professor, University of Maryland
This edited book is remarkable and impressive. The findings and conceptual models are based on extensive interviews of master therapists from seven countries. In addition to providing a global understanding of the master therapist construct, the authors have succeeded in providing in-depth knowledge of culturally specific and common elements of counseling and psychotherapy. This vividly written book will likely be a classic. Congratulations! - Michael Helge Rnnestad, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway

About Len Jennings (Professor of Counseling Psychology, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of St. Thomas.)

Len Jennings, PhD, LP is professor of counseling psychology at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota and a psychologist in private practice. He has practiced, researched, and taught psychotherapy for more than 25 years. His research has focused on expertise in psychotherapy and counseling. He has collaborated with Dr. Skovholt on several articles, book chapters, and the award-winning book, Master Therapists: Exploring Expertise in Therapy and Counseling. He has international counseling psychology work experience in the Czech Republic, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, and Thailand. Thomas Skovholt, PhD, LP is professor of counseling at the University of Minnesota and a psychologist in private practice. He has worked with Len Jennings over many years in many enjoyable writing projects including the award-winning book, Master Therapists: Exploring Expertise in Therapy and Counseling. Other books include the co-authored The Resilient Practitioner and The Developing Practitioner. He has worked internationally as a counseling professor in Turkey, Norway, Korea, Singapore and Kuwait.

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: The World of Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy Len Jennings, Thomas M. Skovholt, Heather Hessel, Sharada Lakhan, Michael Goh Chapter 2: Czech Master Therapists Tomas Rihacek, Maria Kahancova, Len Jennings, Jan Roubal, and Zbynek Vybiral Chapter 3: Canadian Master Couple Therapists Allyson Smith and William J. Whelton Chapter 4: Being and Becoming a Psychotherapis in Portugal: A Dialogue Between Personal and Professional Experiences Helena Moura de Carvalho and Paula Mena Matos Chapter 5: Psychotherapy Expertise in Singapore: A Qualitative Investigation Len Jennings, Vilma D'Rozario, Michael Goh, Ashley Sovereign, Megan Brogger, Thomas M. Skovholt Chapter 6: Personal and Professional Characteristics of Japanese Master Therapists: A Qualitative Investigation on Expertise in Psychotherapy and Counseling in Japan Tatsuya Hirai and Michael Goh Chapter 7: Characteristics of Korean Master Group Counselors Kyung-In Kwon and Chang-Dai Kim Chapter 8: Bringing It All Together: A Qualitative Meta-Analysis of Seven Master Therapists Studies from Around the World Len Jennings, Ashley Sovereign, Salina Renninger, Michael Goh, Thomas M. Skovholt , Sharada Lakhan, Heather Hessel Appendix: The Cognitive, Emotional, and Relational Characteristics of Master Therapists Len Jennings and Thomas M. Skovholt

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NPB9780190222505
9780190222505
0190222506
Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Master Therapist Studies from Around the World by Len Jennings (Professor of Counseling Psychology, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of St. Thomas.)
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Oxford University Press Inc
2016-10-27
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