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This book is intended for all people in therapy or considering therapy for the first time. It helps readers understand how therapy works, how to prepare, how to find the right therapist, how to navigate insurance and billing, and how to succeed in therapy while avoiding the most common pitfalls.
List of contents
Introduction About the Author Using This Book PART I: UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOTHERAPY 1: What is (Psycho) Therapy? 2: How Does Therapy Work? 3: Why Do People Go to Therapy? PART II: SELECTING A THERAPIST 4: Selecting the Right Therapist For You 5: Theoretical Orientation PART III: PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS 6: Understanding Managed Care and Health Insurance 7: Insurance Versus Self-Pay PART IV: PREPARING FOR THERAPY 8: Before I Begin 9: The First Few Sessions PART V: MULTIPLE PATHS TO CHANGE 10: Therapy Concentration Areas 11: A Holistic Approach to Wellness 12:Alternative Healthcare Practices 13: Other Considerations Appendix
About the author
Jared Scherz, Ph.D., has been working for the last 20 years as a clinical psychologist, serving in various roles from psychotherapist, educational consultant, author, and technology entrepreneur. In 2001, Scherz created the first wholeness center in New Jersey, called Integrated Therapy Center (ITC). The vision for ITC is to provide individuals with a wide range of holistic services such as yoga, nutrition, massage, psycho-education, and physical conditioning to help in transforming the body, mind, and spirit. Scherz is the author of five books in the field of education: Harnessing the Power of Resistance, The Truth about School Violence, Catastrophic School Violence: A new approach to prevention, Workbook on Catastrophic School Violence, and It Can't Happen Here: One School Learns from Tragedy. He runs a social media networking site called ufeud (www.ufeud.com) where people are helped to navigate differences more productively. His work on this technology tool involves the development of an early warning violence detection and prevention system for schools, called the PVI (Potential for Violence Index). Scherz is also the creator of PsychPro (www.psychpro.com) a learning management software where helping professionals use a multimedia platform to enhance their practice. His next project currently under way, is TxHelper (www.txhelper.com) where providers of health care are brought together with those seeking help, in an online library of video courses to improve our health. Scherz is also the founder of TeacherCoach (www.teachercoach.com) a site dedicated to improving the lives of educators.
Summary
This book is intended for all people in therapy or considering therapy for the first time. It helps readers understand how therapy works, how to prepare, how to find the right therapist, how to navigate insurance and billing, and how to succeed in therapy while avoiding the most common pitfalls.
