TY - GEN
T1 - Person of the Therapist
AU - Parker, Michelle
AU - Rose, Andrew
PY - 2016/9/20
Y1 - 2016/9/20
N2 - The assumption that clinicians must overcome any personal issues or struggles to be skilled
psychotherapists often results in a reluctance to acknowledge person-of-the-therapist issues.
Therapists’ personal issues must always be monitored as an ongoing area for growth.
However, an expanded perspective of the person or self of the therapist proposes that difficult
or painful life experiences can act as an asset or as a hindrance depending on how they are
addressed. A couple and family therapy perspective assumes that the family-of-origin
experiences and contextual influences affect all individuals and relationships, including the
therapist. Exploration is achieved by unpacking the unique history that has informed the
therapist’s beliefs, values, and biases. Past experiences and ongoing contextual influences
work together to affect the therapist’s inner response to clients in various ways. These
responses influence the therapist–client relationship, which can be used to enhance or
obstr
AB - The assumption that clinicians must overcome any personal issues or struggles to be skilled
psychotherapists often results in a reluctance to acknowledge person-of-the-therapist issues.
Therapists’ personal issues must always be monitored as an ongoing area for growth.
However, an expanded perspective of the person or self of the therapist proposes that difficult
or painful life experiences can act as an asset or as a hindrance depending on how they are
addressed. A couple and family therapy perspective assumes that the family-of-origin
experiences and contextual influences affect all individuals and relationships, including the
therapist. Exploration is achieved by unpacking the unique history that has informed the
therapist’s beliefs, values, and biases. Past experiences and ongoing contextual influences
work together to affect the therapist’s inner response to clients in various ways. These
responses influence the therapist–client relationship, which can be used to enhance or
obstr
U2 - 10.4135/9781483369532.n375
DO - 10.4135/9781483369532.n375
M3 - Other contribution
VL - 1st
PB - SAGE Publications, Inc
ER -