2006-12-30 16:00:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I have been to many Psychotherapists and one thing that I believe is that they get into he field based upon their survival of their own psychosis's. In other words they lived through a traumatic episode in their life and they got help and wanted to help others. much like alcoholics tend to become Alcohol abuse counselors.
I have to say from my experience though many of these therapists have got their own mental issues. I have not met one that I would say is stable and mentally well. They may know themselves and have insight which allows them to help others but, well to be honest most of them are FUekd up. I am not attacking them but this is my honest opinion.
2006-12-30 16:14:34 · answer #1 · answered by Kdude 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
A large part of training involves clinical work in which the trainee is supervised interacting with clients/patients. The trainee is given feedback and will (hopefully) learn to improve clinical skills through this training. A large part of one's expertise is gained through on-the-job experience because it's the application of principles and ways of helping people that is really important. It's not the type of field where one can just read the texts, be able to recite the information, and be good at it -- one really needs to learn how to appropriately apply the information to particular clients with particular problems.
The basic skills that a psychotherapist should have or work on acquiring definitely include active listening, the ability to critically and nonjudgmentally analyze what one is saying and how one is acting, empathy, and patience - to name but a few.
2006-12-31 14:38:16 · answer #2 · answered by jdphd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well there are a lot of different methods of psychotherapy and people use different types. Basically you need at least a master's degree. During college and grad school you learn a lot of text book stuff. Then you do internships and work for awhile and learn from someone with more experience than you do. You have to work on mastering known methods to help people with different problems.
Like it was mentioned previously, it focuses on helping people realize why they act the way they do and why they think the way they do. They can identify dysfunctional thought patterns and stop them before it causes more problems in their lives. Therapists basically just add insight to the patient's own. Hope this helps.
2006-12-31 00:31:27 · answer #3 · answered by prettyinpunkk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we aim to please .......... the main reason is helping people understand what they thinking ,and how it affects them , people tend to know the anwers,but dont have a soultion to the problem
in comes the psychotherapist ......
2006-12-31 00:04:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
How to deal with and appropriately medicate psycho's.
2006-12-31 00:05:13 · answer #5 · answered by Mark 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋