Reflective practice and professional development in psychotherapy / created by Poornima Bhola, Chetna Duggal and Rathna Isaac.

Cover Contents Preface Acknowledgements 1 Reflective Practice for Professional Development 2 Tracing Your Motivations to Become a Therapist 3 The Personal and the Relational Self of the Therapist 4 Adopting a Theoretical Lens 5 Connecting with Clients and Building a Therapeutic Alliance 6 Understanding Personal and Professional Values 7 Engaging with Diversity in the Therapy Room 8 Learning from Clients 9 Supervision and Reflective Practice 10 Being in Personal Therapy 11 Investing in Self-care and Growth 12 The Reflective Path References About the Authors Index

"Reflective Practice and Professional Development in Psychotherapy presents reflection as a tool to further self-exploration and aid professional development for psychotherapists and counsellors. It discusses the potential avenues, methods and spaces for self-reflective work. The book extensively cites both global and Indian research and presents therapist voices and perspectives, accompanied with self-reflective exercises and experiential activities. It highlights how the intersectional lens and diversity perspective can be integrated in reflective practice, especially for practitioners in India. The objective is to help the reader use reflection to critically examine, personalize and 'own' ideas that can nurture personal and professional growth. The book is indispensable for therapists at all levels of development and an important read for academicians, practitioners, trainers and supervisors from the disciplines of clinical and counselling psychology, social work and psychiatry"-- Provided by publisher.