Leaving It at the Office

Second Edition
A Guide to Psychotherapist Self-Care

John C. Norcross and Gary R. VandenBos

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Hardcover
July 6, 2018
ISBN 9781462536467
Price: $59.00
276 Pages
Size: 6" x 9"
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Paperback
July 7, 2018
ISBN 9781462535927
Price: $39.00
276 Pages
Size: 6" x 9"
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e-book
May 31, 2018
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Price: $39.00
276 Pages
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Price: $78.00 $46.80
276 Pages
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Mental health professionals provide better care to their clients when they care for themselves. This acclaimed highly practical guide—now revised and expanded with even more self-care strategies—helps busy psychotherapists balance their personal and professional lives. The book presents 13 research-informed self-care strategies and offers concrete methods for integrating them into daily life. Featuring examples and insights from master therapists, every chapter concludes with a self-care checklist. Infused with a positive message of self-renewal and growth, the book shows clinicians how to leave distress at the office and tend actively to their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.

New to This Edition
  • Chapter on mindfulness and self-compassion.
  • Increased emphasis on simple, real-time self-care activities.
  • New examples from additional master therapists and hundreds of workshop participants.
  • Up-to-date research findings on therapist stress and resilience.
  • Discussions of competence constellations, building on self-care strengths, moral stress, deliberate practice, presession preparation, journaling, and multiculturalism.