Before You See Your First Client - 55 Things Counselors, Therapists, and Human Service Workers Need to Know (Hardcover)

* Provides 55 practical strategies for being a better helper and while enhancing your own career. * A real-world education that goes beyond the classroom and your textbooks. * Loaded with examples and anecdotes to make certain you know precisely how to use the suggestions. * No fluff or complex lengthy explanations! Dr. Rosenthal gets to the point fast. Each of his 55 recommendations is explained in just a page or two. * Written in Dr. Rosenthal's popular upbeat user-friendly style that has made his books staples in the field. * An insider's guide to the world of counseling and human services conspicuously missing from many classes, textbooks, seminars, and professional literature in the field. This book will teach you: * A treasure chest of ideas for new counselors and human service workers. * The secret of starting a risk-free private practice. * The number one therapeutic blunder helpers make and how to avoid it. * How to increase your salary in the field. * How Dr. Rosenthal's emotional trophy closet can help curb burnout and get you through a bad day. * Why you should avoid FMS like this plague. * When you should break and must break confidentiality! * Which theories of counseling and psychotherapy are discriminated against by managed care and insurance providers. (Hint, just because you learned something in school does not mean you can use it in the real world.) * A little-known multicultural secret. * How to know when to steer clear of paradoxical techniques. * Why some helpers almost always get a raise by focusing on a single often over-looked part of your job. * When to use a person-centered approach to therapy even if it isn't your favorite treatment modality. * Some sage advice regarding referrals for your clients. * The cold hard truth about giving lectures and building your client load.