Shake-UP: Moving Beyond Therapeutic Impasses by De-Constructing Rigidified Professional Roles

Shake-UP is a provocative read for those in the mental health or medical field who desire self-enhancement and continued professional development. Readers will benefit through encouragement to reflect on their personal growth and their own "living culture," and to rethink their positions within a therapeutic session. Self-reflection sections will challenge the reader to think about their current professional therapeutic positions, and thereby promote long-term professional development. Each chapter guides the reader into a higher level of understanding of his or her own therapeutic professional development, preferred professional therapeutic roles, and the therapeutic roles which can be shifted into when an impasse develops.
Shaking-UP a therapist's rigidified professional roles and cultural stereotypes in the encounter with clients or families in distress encourages meaningful experiences and personal growth for clients and therapists alike.