This is a wonderful supplementary text for ethics, practicum, and internship courses in mental health fields. It discusses many of the problems our professions face and some good potential solutions. As a practicing Counseling Psychologist for over 30 years, I have learned many of these lessons through the school of hard knocks. I wish I had had a book like this when I was in school. As a professor teaching counseling and psychology courses over the last 30 years, I wish I had had a book like this for my students.
David P. Sarnoff, Ph.D., ABPP licensed psychologist in private practice in Charleston, SC, Adjunct Full Professor of Counseling at Webster University, and full time Psychology core faculty at Capella University, US A thoughtful and scholarly blend of theory and practice that will prove invaluable to both mental health practitioners and trainees. It explores therapists' vulnerability to the stresses and strains that are ubiquitous in counselling and psychotherapy and emphasises the need for self-care to avoid burn out and ensure psychological well-being. The book is packed with useful self-care strategies which will enable therapists to become more effective and sentient practitioners. In this it provides an invaluable guide to both practicing therapists and trainees which makes for essential reading for all practising mental health professionals and a core recommended text on all counselling and psychotherapy training programmes.
Christiane Sanderson BSc., MSc., Counselling Psychologist Malinowski's book provides a comprehensive resource on self-care for those working in counselling and psychotherapy. He explores the role and duties of mental health practitioners, and describes how therapists can gradually find their psychological wellbeing diminished. The book is littered with references to research which underlines this, and the author presents a number of self-care techniques and strategies which can be applied to maintain psychological, spiritual, physical and social wellbeing.
David Quarmby, Psychotherapist
Healthcare - Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal
My experience of Malinowski's book was that it was a useful review of the necessity to care for ourselves as practitioners and a useful tool for newcomers to the profession.
Sarah Paul