How to Succeed in Therapy

Jared Scherz

doi:10.5771/9781442241350

Summary

Seeking therapy is among the most important mental health decisions a person will make and, yet, many clients are poorly prepared for what lays ahead. Here, Jared Scherz outlines the process for seeking therapy, from finding the right therapist and approach, to navigating the insurance and billing systems available. He details the most common pitfalls clients and their therapists face once therapy has commenced, and guides readers to avoiding those mistakes that can sabotage counseling.

Whether considering therapy for the first time or evaluating current help, this is the perfect companion to personal growth. Different from other books, insight is offered into types of therapy, such as group, marriage, or individual counseling, as well as theoretic orientations to help readers understand therapeutic approaches from the point of view of the provider. Scherz encourages a greater sense of personal responsibility and empowerment to navigate the healing and wholeness paths. Alternative health practices are also outlined to help people who wish to take a more holistic approach to wellness, both mental and physical. Readers will feel empowered by this book to take the first steps necessary to get the help they need, to continue along a path already chosen, or to take a different approach when one is not already working.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2015
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-4134-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-4135-0
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 225
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Projects by Author No access
3. About the Author No access
4. Using This Book No access
5. Introduction No access
1. 1. Therapy Defined No access
  2. The Main Components of Therapy No access
  3. What Is the Difference between Counseling and Therapy? No access
  4. What Is the Difference between Therapy and Coaching? No access
  5. My Sentry . . . My Friend . . . My Self (by Deb R) No access
2. 1. Stages and Phases of Therapy No access
3. 1. Why Is It Helpful? No access
  2. Who Seeks Therapy? No access
  3. Common Issues No access
  4. Who Should Attend the Session? No access
  5. Do All Therapists See Families/Couples? No access
  6. Therapy Client Reflection: “Journey of Feelings” (by Deb R) No access
1. 1. Interviewing Therapists: Ten Questions to Ask No access
  2. Interviewing Therapists: Ten Questions to Consider after the First Call or In-Person Meeting No access
  3. Key Ingredients for Therapists No access
2. 1. Gestalt No access
  2. Cognitive Behavioral No access
  3. Psychodynamic (Object Relations, Psychoanalytic, Self Psychology) No access
  4. Client-Centered (Rogerian) No access
  5. Other Orientations No access
  6. Fear Factor (by Deb R) No access
1. 1. What Information Does My Insurance Company Have about Me? No access
  2. Why Do Insurance Companies Control the Number of Sessions? No access
  3. Who Is Responsible for Getting Me Authorized or Reauthorized? No access
  4. Is My Therapist In-Network? No access
  5. Check Your EOBs No access
  6. What Is an EAP? No access
  7. Common Insurance Problems That Sabotage Therapy No access
2. 1. What Is the Cost of Therapy? No access
  2. Does More Expensive Mean Better? No access
  3. What Is a Co-Payment? What Is a Deductible? No access
  4. How Often Do I Schedule Appointments? No access
  5. Is Therapy Confidential? What Is HIPAA? No access
  6. Is There a Specialist for My Problem? No access
1. 1. Preparing a Timeline No access
  2. Keeping a Journal No access
  3. Whom Do I Tell? Creating a Support System No access
  4. Replenishing Spent Energy No access
2. 1. Where Do I Begin? No access
  2. Learning How to Be a Client No access
  3. Goals: How Do I Set Them? No access
  4. Can I Conceive of Telling a Therapist My Innermost Secrets? No access
  5. Is My Therapist Supposed to Give Advice? No access
  6. Does My Therapist Judge Me? No access
  7. How Will I Feel Following the Initial Sessions? No access
  8. What Does It Mean to Change? Will I Be a Different Person? No access
  9. Will I Have Homework? No access
1. 1. Child Therapy No access
  2. Couples Therapy No access
  3. Family Therapy No access
  4. Group Therapy No access
2. 1. Understanding Wellness No access
  2. The Integrated Nature of Disease No access
  3. Understanding the Role of Stress No access
  4. Lifestyle versus Genetics No access
  5. The Modern Medical Paradigm No access
  6. Understanding the Importance of Symptoms No access
  7. Prevention No access
  8. Defining the Wholeness Center No access
  9. Becoming an Involved Wellness Consumer No access
3. 1. Nutrition No access
  2. Yoga No access
  3. Massage No access
  4. Reiki No access
4. 1. Common Mistakes: By the Client No access
  2. Lacking Direction No access
  3. Common Mistakes: By the Therapist No access
  4. Resistance to Change No access
  5. What Makes Somebody Successful in Therapy No access
Appendix: Glossary of Terms and Their Definitions No access Pages 215 - 216
Notes No access Pages 217 - 222
Index No access Pages 223 - 225