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This book was created to help therapists and therapists-in-training explore the myths and taboo topics that weaken their practice and cause anxiety, discomfort, and confusion. Some of these topics include feeling incompetent; making mistakes; getting caught off guard by fee entanglements; becoming enraged at patients; managing illness; understanding sexual arousal and impulses; praying with patients as part of therapy; feeling ashamed; being fired; and not knowing what to do. The book discusses the damaging myths that therapists seem to hold about themselves that sustain the taboo topics. By offering questions for self-assessment and a series of ""explorations"" that can be used to examine taboo topics individually or in groups, the book provides resources for recognizing the myths, challenging the taboos, and speaking honestly and directly with patients and others about topics that have been off-limits.

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• About the Second Edition(p. xix)
• Foreword to the Second Edition: Things My Teachers Never Mentioned(p. xxi)
• Foreword to the 1993 Edition(p. xxv)
• Chapter 1 Questioning Myths, Taboos, Secrets, and Uncomfortable Topics(p. 3)
• Basic Myths About the Psychotherapist(p. 4)
• The Nature and Reality of Myths, Taboos, Secrets, and Uncomfortable Topics(p. 21)
• The Process of Questioning Myths, Taboos, Secrets, and Uncomfortable Topics(p. 24)
• The Process of Exploration, Discovery, and Learning(p. 25)
• Chapter 2 Therapists' Sexual Arousals, Attractions, and Fantasies: An Example of a Topic That Isn't There(p. 27)
• Another Myth(p. 28)
• Guilt by Association(p. 29)
• Keeping Dirty Laundry Private(p. 33)
• "Sensitive Information" About Patients but Not About Therapists(p. 33)
• Angry, Greedy, Powerful Women and Innocent, Virtuous, Vulnerable Men(p. 34)
• Higher Premiums(p. 35)
• "Victimized" by Exclusion?(p. 35)
• Are Sexual Feelings Harder to Talk About Than Actual Sexual Involvement?(p. 36)
• Chapter 3 Creating Conditions for Learning(p. 43)
• Safety(p. 44)
• Understanding the Task(p. 45)
• Openness(p. 45)
• Respect(p. 46)
• Encouragement(p. 46)
• Privacy(p. 47)
• Acceptance(p. 47)
• Sensitivity(p. 49)
• Frankness(p. 50)
• Support(p. 50)
• Chapter 4 Questions We'd Rather Avoid: A Self-Assessment(p. 53)
• Questions(p. 54)
• Chapter 5 Possible Clues to Taboo Topics and Uncomfortable Feelings(p. 65)
• Therapy Adrift(p. 67)
• Repetitive Therapy(p. 67)
• The Discrepant Record(p. 68)
• The Dehumanized Client(p. 68)
• The Dehumanized Therapist(p. 69)
• Avoidance(p. 69)
• Theory-Obliterated Therapy(p. 70)
• The Client-Friend(p. 71)
• Obsession(p. 72)
• Interesting Slips and Meaningful Mistakes(p. 72)
• Fantasies, Dreams, Daydreams, and Other Imaginings(p. 74)
• Undue Special Treatment(p. 76)
• Isolation of the Client(p. 77)
• Isolation of the Therapist(p. 77)
• Creating a Secret(p. 79)
• Seeking Repeated Reassurance From Colleagues(p. 80)
• Boredom and Drowsiness as Protective Reactions(p. 81)
• Chapter 6 Passages and Scenarios for Exploration(p. 85)
• Beginning and Ending the Session(p. 86)
• Initial Appointment(p. 87)
• The Movie(p. 88)
• The New Client(p. 89)
• The Therapist's Fear of Showing Feeling: A Passage From Clara Thompson(p. 91)
• The Perfect Therapist(p. 92)
• Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to "Ugly": A Passage From Ellen Toby Klass and Joann Paley Galst(p. 93)
• The Two-Person Practice(p. 95)
• The Request(p. 96)
• Telling a Client to Undress During a Therapy Session: A Passage From Milton Erickson(p. 97)
• Staffing Patterns(p. 100)
• A Client's Anger at a Therapist's Voyeurism: A Passage From Laura Brown(p. 101)
• The Requirement(p. 102)
• Sounds(p. 103)
• Are Beliefs About Race and Sex Related? A Passage From Leon Williams(p. 105)
• A Request for Help(p. 106)
• The Media and the Message(p. 107)
• Beatings, Grief, Love, and Sex: A Passage From Fritz Perls(p. 108)
• What You Enjoy(p. 111)
• A Client in Crisis(p. 111)
• A Patient's Difficulties Talking About Sexual Fantasies: A Passage From Mardi Horowitz(p. 112)
• The New Client(p. 114)
• The Surprise Date(p. 114)
• A Voyeuristic Response to an Incest Survivor: A Passage From Christine Courtois(p. 115)
• Adjunctive Therapy(p. 117)
• The Note(p. 118)
• Eyes Open(p. 118)
• No More(p. 119)
• Your Income(p. 120)
• Leaving on Vacation(p. 120)
• Bright, Funny, Articulate, and Likable(p. 121)
• Normal(p. 122)
• Fantasizing Love and Marriage With a Patient: A Passage From Harold Searles(p. 123)
• Saved!(p. 125)
• The Security Guard(p. 125)
• The Partner(p. 126)
• A Therapist Unaware of the Client's Attraction: A Passage From Marny Hall(p. 127)
• Diagnosis(p. 128)
• Size(p. 129)
• Recordings and Photographs(p. 129)
• A Different Direction(p. 130)
• Research Data(p. 131)
• The Right Stuff(p. 131)
• The Party(p. 132)
• Misusing the Borderline Diagnosis: A Passage From David Reiser and Hanna Levenson(p. 133)
• A Strong Reaction(p. 135)
• Medication(p. 135)
• A Client Becomes Aroused When Her Therapist Comes to Her Home: A Passage From Helen Block Lewis(p. 136)
• Descriptions(p. 138)
• A Suicidal Client(p. 140)
• The Newspaper(p. 140)
• Instructing a Client to Imagine Her Breasts Tingling: A Passage From Theodore Barber(p. 141)
• Feeling Safe(p. 142)
• Pleasing a Husband(p. 143)
• Chapter 7 Confronting an Impasse: What Do We Do When We Don't Know What to Do?(p. 145)
• Consulting(p. 146)
• Competence(p. 147)
• Charting(p. 148)
• Uncharacteristic Behaviors(p. 149)
• Advances in Theory, Research, and Practice(p. 151)
• Looking for Logical Flaws(p. 151)
• The Legal and Ethical Framework(p. 152)
• Continued Questioning(p. 154)
• Appendix "Therapists' Anger, Hate, Fear, and Sexual Feelings: National Survey of Therapist Responses, Client Characteristics, Critical Events, Formal Complaints, and Training"(p. 157)
• Index(p. 183)
• About the Authors(p. 193)