{"product_id":"curious-calling-michael-b-sussman-9780765705525","title":"Curious Calling: Unconscious Motivations for Practicing Psychotherapy","description":"\"What brings you here?\" is the standard question posed to patients at the outset of their therapeutic journey. In \u003ci\u003eA Curious Calling\u003c\/i\u003e, this question is posed to therapists themselves. Applicants to psychotherapy training programs commonly state that they wish \"to help people\"-but this tells us very little. What are the \u003ci\u003eunconscious factors\u003c\/i\u003e underlying the decision to become a psychotherapist? Guilt, compassion, a sense of moral duty, a sense of power? Or a wish to be needed, or to enjoy vicariously the prospect of receiving aid and comfort? For each individual with a \"need to help\" there exists a unique constellation of underlying motives and aims. Without exploring and facing up to these hidden sources of motivation, therapists run the risk of exploiting patients for their own needs. The only comprehensive text on this topic, Sussman's book presents a survey of motivations to practice psychotherapy, through an extensive review of the available literature and discussion of the results of a qualitative study of therapists conducted by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael B. Sussman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0765705524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765705525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Aronson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.17h x 5.71w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2008 pg. 101","brand":"Michael B. Sussman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48587650007295,"sku":"9780765705525","price":60.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/curious-calling-michael-b-sussman-9780765705525","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}