{"product_id":"a-patients-guide-to-psychotherapy-donald-b-colson-9781491792117","title":"A Patient's Guide to Psychotherapy: and an Overview for Students and Beginning Therapists","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow therapy works often remains shrouded in mystery for prospective patients and therapists in training, which does nothing to help either party.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDonald B. Colson, who spent his career as a therapist and psychoanalyst, makes the process user friendly with this overview of what you can expect from therapy. Taking a no-nonsense approach, he explores how to tackle problems head on and work with a therapist to solve them. Beginning students of psychotherapy, graduate students, and therapists in training will also find the text instructive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColson reviews the reasons someone might seek therapy as well as how to find a therapist that meets your needs. He also explains how therapy works and highlights key concepts such as the centrality of relationships, attachment, unconscious processes, defenses, transference, and counter-transference.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou'll also learn the main reasons patients seek relief, how therapists facilitate change, and the uses and misuses of diagnosis and diagnostic labels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeking help from a therapist does not show weakness; it takes much more courage to confront personal problems than it takes to avoid them. Start overcoming fear, anger, shame, guilt, and troubled relationships with A Patient's Guide to Psychotherapy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald B. Colson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1491792116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491792117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Donald B. Colson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46070284321023,"sku":"9781491792117","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8614fce-a0d8-4edc-a6b7-e579194494df.jpg?v=1724242805","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-patients-guide-to-psychotherapy-donald-b-colson-9781491792117","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}