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Curious Calling

Unconscious Motivations for Practicing Psychotherapy

By: Michael B. Sussman

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Paperback | 23 October 2007 | Edition Number 2

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"What brings you here?" is the standard question posed to patients at the outset of their therapeutic journey. In A Curious Calling, this question is posed to therapists themselves. Applicants to psychotherapy training programs commonly state that they wish "to help people"â"but this tells us very little. What are the unconscious factors underlying the decision to become a psychotherapist? Guilt, compassion, a sense of moral duty, a sense of power? Or a wish to be needed, or to enjoy vicariously the prospect of receiving aid and comfort? For each individual with a "need to help" there exists a unique constellation of underlying motives and aims. Without exploring and facing up to these hidden sources of motivation, therapists run the risk of exploiting patients for their own needs. The only comprehensive text on this topic, Sussman's book presents a survey of motivations to practice psychotherapy, through an extensive review of the available literature and discussion of the results of a qualitative study of therapists conducted by the author.

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Nowhere is there a more complete and coherent explication of the myriad of forces that lead all of us into careers as psychotherapists....Readers will respond to Dr. Sussman's bok with sighs of recognition over and over again as they find aspects of themselves jumping out at them from the pages fo the book.

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Non-Fiction Medicine Other Branches of Medicine Clinical Psychology Psychotherapy Self-Help, Personal Development & Practical Advice Popular Psychology Assertiveness, Motivation & Self-Esteem & Positive Mental Attitude Psychology Education Careers Guidance

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction to the New Edition	p. xvii
The Fascination of Psychotherapy	p. 1
The Attempt to Master One's Own Conflicts	p. 13
Satisfactions and Psychological Benefits Derived from the Practice of Psychotherapy	p. 27
Motives Related to Instinctual Aims	p. 35
Motives Related to Narcissism and the Development of the Self	p. 71
Motives Involving Object Relations	p. 97
Therapist Profiles	p. 129
Conclusions and Further Reflections	p. 177
Afterword	p. 195
Appendix	p. 201
References	p. 205
Index	p. 225
About the Author	p. 237
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