How Psychotherapists Live: The Personal Self and Private Life of Professional Healers

How Psychotherapists Live is a landmark study of thousands of mental health practitioners worldwide. It significantly advances our understanding of psychotherapists and counselors by focusing on their individual qualities and lives, revealing the many ways they differ as persons and how those differences shape their experiences of therapeutic work.

Topics include the therapist's personal self, private life, individual beliefs, quality of life, childhood family experiences, and personal psyc...