Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Master Therapist Studies from Around the World
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Author Description
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.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This book investigates the universal characteristics and developmental processes that define expertise in the field of counseling and psychotherapy across diverse cultural contexts. Authors Len Jennings and Thomas M. Skovholt, both established scholars in the field of counseling psychology, utilize a comparative qualitative framework to synthesize findings from multiple international research projects. By examining master therapists from Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe, the authors aim to identify commonalities in clinical practice that transcend national and cultural boundaries.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Comparative analysis of psychotherapy expertise research from Singapore, Japan, Korea, the U.S.A., Canada, the Czech Republic, and Portugal.
- Qualitative methodology frameworks for studying expert practitioner development.
- Synthesis of shared traits among master therapists on a global scale.
Scope Limits
- The text focuses primarily on qualitative research findings rather than providing a clinical manual for therapeutic techniques.
- It does not cover every region of the world, focusing specifically on the nations included in the comparative study.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this work as a significant contribution to the literature on therapist development and international clinical standards. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which serves as a foundational resource for researchers and advanced practitioners in the field of mental health.
Page Count:
328
Publication Date:
2016-09-30
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190222506
ISBN-13:
9780190222505
Psychology
Academic Research
Counseling
Psychotherapy
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Professional Development