{"product_id":"9781491792124","title":"A Patients Guide to Psychotherapy: And an Overview for Students and Beginning Therapists","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow therapy works often remains shrouded in mystery for prospective patients and therapists in training, which does nothing to help either party.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDonald B. Colson, who spent his career as a therapist and psychoanalyst, makes the process user friendly with this overview of what you can expect from therapy. Taking a no-nonsense approach, he explores how to tackle problems head on and work with a therapist to solve them. Beginning students of psychotherapy, graduate students, and therapists in training will also find the text instructive.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eColson reviews the reasons someone might seek therapy as well as how to find a therapist that meets your needs. He also explains how therapy works and highlights key concepts such as the centrality of relationships, attachment, unconscious processes, defenses, transference, and counter-transference.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eYou’ll also learn the main reasons patients seek relief, how therapists facilitate change, and the uses and misuses of diagnosis and diagnostic labels.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSeeking help from a therapist does not show weakness; it takes much more courage to confront personal problems than it takes to avoid them. Start overcoming fear, anger, shame, guilt, and troubled relationships with A Patient’s Guide to Psychotherapy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142628786416,"sku":"9781491792124","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781491792124_p0.jpg?v=1763659764","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781491792124","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}