
A Therapist’s Guide to Writing in Psychotherapy
Assessment, Documentation, and Intervention
- 278 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
A Therapist’s Guide to Writing in Psychotherapy
Assessment, Documentation, and Intervention
About this book
This guide practically aids mental health professionals in understanding and improving their therapeutic and academic writing, demonstrating how the written word is an invaluable tool to document, assess, and promote change with those in and outside the therapy room.
Exploring the various ways writing occurs in psychotherapy professions, Michael D. Reiter comprehensively covers the range of the written word, from progress notes and assessment documentation, to journaling and therapeutic letters, as well as contacting larger systems such as report writing and grant applications. Chapters are formatted to include the purpose and function of a particular type of writing before providing multiple examples so therapists can apply this in their own practice. This book aims to help all therapists, regardless of academic training or therapeutic modality, to incorporate these ideas into their work.
This book is designed for mental health professionals in a variety of settings, including counselors, therapists, social workers, family therapists, and clinical psychologists. This book is useful for graduate students as well as those already in practice.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Editor
- List of Contributors
- 1 Writing in Psychotherapy
- 2 Writing Progress Notes
- 3 Assessment Writing
- 4 Forms and Pragmatic Letters
- 5 Therapeutic Letters to Clients
- 6 Temporal Therapeutic Letters
- 7 Client-Written Letters
- 8 Client Writing Therapy
- 9 Documents and Counter-Documents
- 10 Writing in Psychotherapy via Technology
- 11 Writing for the Legal and Medical Contexts
- 12 Article and Grant Writing in Psychotherapy
- Index