Psychotherapy Chapter 1 Summary

Chapter 1 explains the importance of listening to the client carefully, as it will help the therapist to come up with goals and solutions. The counselor/therapist needs to have interview skills in order to have a positive outcome. Interview, counseling, and psychotherapy all have in common to listen to their clients, but provide different services. For example, a 55 year-old woman who is going through depression because she works longer hours. The Interview will consist of “How many hours she is sleeping? Why is she working a lot?” Once the Professional gathers enough data, he/she will provide resources for resolving the problem. Counseling is listening and sympathize with the client to develop strategies to better their well-being. Psychotherapy deals with difficult problems and need more time to resolve it. Some of these clients, need to take medication. For example, a person that suffers from schizophrenia needs to take medication to treat the mental disorder. Therapist/counseling is an art that helps you to develop skills to create a bond with the client. As a future …show more content…
It discusses how focusing in the client, helps to understand the cultural norms that are affecting her/him. If the therapist master the listening skills and the 5 stage of the structure, it makes it a competent therapist/counselor. There are 5 steps that a therapist should follow to gain strength and skills. Focusing on a single topic at a time is essential than doing many topics at the same time. Learning by watching videos or videotaping our own session give you an idea of your weakness and strength. We live a country of multicultural people. We need to participate in the communities that are different from us to have a better understanding of their values. When a family brings to a session the trouble of a child, the therapist focusses on the strength and resources that will help the person to