Before You See Your First Client: 55 Things Counselors, Therapists and Human Service Workers Need to Know

by Howard Rosenthal

Before You See Your First Client begins where courses, workshops, training seminars, and textbooks leave off, providing a candid behind-the-scenes look at the fields of therapy, counseling and human services. In a reader-friendly and accessible style, Dr. Howard Rosenthal offers his readers 55 useful and practical ideas for the implementation, improvement, and expansion of one's mental health practice. Based on the author's own personal experiences, the book is written in an intimate and personal style to which inexperienced and beginning therapists can easily relate.

170 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2000

Reviews

[anarcho · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some gems, but mostly outdated and entirely US-centric. Psychotherapy training surely has come a long way since, and I personally did not learn anything new or surprising as a second-year masters psychotherapy student. It is, however, extremely easy and quick to read.