Fantastic book for the novice or experienced therapist!
585230
This is a must-read book for anyone seeking to learn about or be excellent at existential psychotherapy.  It is as appropriate for the novice as it is the experienced therapist seeking to hone his or her skills.  Dr. Shapiro not only tells readers about the theory and practice of existential work, he models them through superb case examples.  Indeed, the book itself is an exemplar of his approach, written in a very personal and relational style, I felt as if the author was in the room with me.  Do not miss this excellent, page-turner of a book!
405293
I am a ThetaHealing Certificate of Science, Master Instructor and was pleasantly surprised when I read this book. Diana is a brilliant writer and expert in this field. She goes in depth on all aspects of clearing spirits without getting caught up in fear or brain candy.

This book was a Godsend and provided a major healing to me. So many hidden, subconscious blocks were realized and cleared as I read this book and it gave me such a healing and thorough understanding of the importance of not only assisting client's that come to you to be cleared, but to take a pro-active role in assisting spirits to cross over. I love how Diana credits ThetaHealing throughout the book too and found it to be in complete alignment with Vianna Stibal's (found of ThetaHealing) teachings.

A highly recommend this book!
1895652
This is a fantastic book. The formulation technique using the 30 hypotheses, I believe is brilliant. I think that adhering to one specific therapeutic approach can be foolish. You don't know the client, their specific problem, their resources or how your relationship will be, so how can you assess which is the best method of helping them? The idea of creating a problem list and determining which hypotheses fit seems like such a much more practical, real-world way of approaching this. I think these hypotheses are especially useful because you then can determine which type of therapy would be most useful in each scenario, and multiple modalities and techniques could fit with each one. I really appreciate the flexibility this approach offers. It also makes being integrative much less intimidating. A great book to have for future reference as a counselor.
1398399
Mark Ragg's book is full of all the techniques you need to know as a helping professional. Dr. Ragg is in the social work department, but the skills of listening, asking questions, setting goals, etc. are ones that a social worker, counselor, therapist, or MFT could use. I really like how he explains that our natural instincts to help others--those things that led us to major in one of the helping professions--are a good starting point but are not enough to be a real professional. Plus, the book contains an excellent DVD showing what these skills look like. A great purchase for anyone in a skills or practice class even if it is not assigned.
4708399
This was by far the best book I have read that could benefit beginning therapists in search of a therapy model. Clients needs always come first and this book just proves that over and over. We are the experts in the room on therapy but they are the experts of themselves. If you don't allow them to be the main focus of therapy you may as well not be in this profession.
3191085
I chose a 5 star rating for this book because it was easy to read (simple but not simplistic) and understand; written authoritatively by a therapist who is not only a CPTSD survivor, but who has also treated thousands of similiar patients. I would recommend this book to anyone who had a difficult childhood; anyone for whom conventional therapy for generic mood disorders has proved to be unfruitful. You may, along with your psychiatrist (or perhaps get a 2d opinion) reconsider your background to determine if there was any physical, emotional, verbal, sexual, and/or sexual trauma in your life. If so, you may have Complex PTSD. But don't take my word for it, see a licensed professional and get a thorough assessment. Email me with any questions regarding my own journey with CPTSD.
1541880
This book is an easy read and is one of the best in my opinion. A psychologist friend suggested this book originally as I never heard of contextual therapy before. What a wonderful surprise reading... down to earth, easy to grasp and blends well with previous training in family dynamics and individual psychotherapy. I reference this book often and encourage anyone with any type of training or work dealing with families to read this. However, if you have no formal training in counseling or psychotherapy, some of the book may be confusing.
3734316
Thank you Dr Orloff!!! I am a mental health nurse & counsellor, and have been a working nurse for 20+ years.  This is the first time that I have ever seen any material that addresses burnout in a practical manner, and from an energy perspective.  I had never before seen the concepts of "intuitive empath" and "energy vampires" articulated so well, and Dr Orloff's work helped me put a name to these phenomena that I had long experienced.  There are specific skills & strategies outlined to assist us in developing our own self-care practice.  I also very much appreciate that Dr Orloff's credentials are sound (she is a practicing Psychiatrist), and that she effectively marries the academic/professional perspective with spiritual/alternative approaches to healing. I found it very, very helpful in my personal life, and have been successfully incorporating her techniques in my work with my clients. I thoroughly recommend this book!
3202759
As a therapist and educator who specializes in treating overeating, I can tell you that my clients and workshop participants have learned a great deal from this book. The authors explain many of the major reasons for overeating, then spell out how to resolve them. This is a very hands on book that should benefit anyone who wants to finally make peace with food.
Best,
Karen R. Koenig
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2953582
This is a fantastic book! The author clearly and concisely explains the amazing, but very overwhelming experience of meeting a soul connection. The book is filled with examples that help make the content easy to understand. He also uses practical language without all the unnecessary fluff, something I totally appreciated. I really, really recommend reading this book. FYI - this book can be purchased from the author's website.
835
This book has helped me so much, two months ago I went into therapy to help me understand why I had such a hatred for myself. My therapist talked to me about using EMDR, and i read this book in between our first and second EMDR session.

What this book provided for me, was an understanding on how my current thoughts where being effected by my previous childhood traumas, things I had done such a good of repressing.

If you are just getting started into EMDR, or you want to read up on it. this is the book for you. It has a lot of selp-help sections, where you can do some of the work by yourself, The most important thing, is to be absolutely honest with yourself, and just let the thoughts go where they need to.

I hope this helps :)
2406483
This book provides a wonderful addition to any therapist's personal library.  In this book, Ed Jacob describes his therapy approach clearly, concisely, and thoroughly.  Each concept or main idea of this therapy approach is carefully addressed and described.  Many illustrations and examples are provided on how this particular therapy model can be put to work in multiple counseling settings and with multiple clients.  The examples provided are excellent in that they take into account how Impact Therapy can be helpful in each many different situations and circumstances, including resistant clients, various client concerns and issues, and different cultural and age groups and how Impact therapy could be helpful in each particular situation.
The book also reads easily thus making it an attractive resource for the beginning counselor.  The experienced counselor can also find this resource helpful, in that this book also provides one with additional, creative ideas and interventions to add to his or her own "tool box."
Certainly, as counselors, we are sometimes overwhelmed with new information and readings regarding developing models, theories, and ideas, however, this book is definitely a rich resource to include and make as a priority to add onto that "to-read" list.
2893617
Unlike several reviewers, I am a layman , and have personally benefitted greatly from this clear and easy-to-use workbook.  I highly recommend it to others who struggle with anxiety, fear and worry. Dr. Daitch has provided a detailed,  practical tool to help halt upsetting and recurring negative emotions.  In addition to explaining why overwhelming emotions occur, this book, more importantly to me, teaches the reader how to lower the levels of these emotions. Included with the book is a CD with 36 guided exercises read by the author herself.  Like having a  therapy session in the privacy of your home!
3847031
Fabulous book! Love the interventions. Great for a new therapist.
3721040
The most impressive book I ever read.. Very helpful for any therapist , very well explanations of every subject . .I  highly Recommended this book it is brilliant!
4121823
This was a book we've all been wanting for, for years!  EFT can be a complicated therapy to comprehend, and here - at last - is a book that explains it all in very readable terms, for, . . . . . uh, dummies.

No - not dummies so much as those of us who have wanted to be able to understand the model and have a way of explaining it to others.  This is a great read- for therapists as well as for all of those couples out there so desiring to have a better, closer, more bonded relationship.

Bradley and Furrow do a most excellent job weaving in stories of the couples they've counseled.  Example after example bring it all home - it's easy to see yourself, or your friends, or clients on the pages as the chapters unfold.

This would be an excellent book for therapists interested in the EFT model, but not yet ready to commit to learning EFT.  Also for motivated clients who want to understand more than just communication skills (that no one uses under distress).  And for seasoned EFT therapists to share with clients so that they can understand what is really going on under the surface.  It's not about the silly things that we all fight about - it's about the emotions underneath driving the crazy patterns we all find ourselves in, from time to time.

I couldn't give it a higher recommendation!
1613528
I assign many activities from this book to my clients.  What one client (an avid reader of self-help books) liked best about this book were the examples of how to complete the assignments.  My clients find it easy to read, understand and use.  I was using the first edition of the book (required reading in grad school for my CBT class)until my client bought the fourth edition and we compared editions.  The fourth edition has some excellent updates so I immediately purchased it also.  I would highly recommend this to clinicians for use in practice and anyone else needing to get their thoughts and feelings under control.