What Therapists Don't Talk About And Why: Understanding Taboos That Hurt Us And Our Clients

This is a very much needed book that would hopefully motivate many therapists to accept themselves as humans and to know their limitations. However, it did give me a sense that the author was trying to create a "cook book" despite him saying that it was not his intend. It felt as if he was trying to predict every possible case scenario instead of raising a more fundamental question such as what therapy work is and what it is not? I believe, it is more important to have this fundamental discussion instead of concentrating on countless little details, because many taboo topics come from therapists' mindless attitude toward their work in general, when they cannot define for themselves what therapy is, how it promotes healing and what therapeutic relationship is and isn't.

This book certainly raises lots of issues not covered in school and provides a logical and ethical methodology to thinking through, however the book falls short of suggested resolutions that the therapist may entertain. The book is well written and clearly laid out but I was left feeling many "endings" were left off. I am faced with decision trees that involve ethics daily in my practise but I would like to have some insight into what my colleagues decision trees look like. I can always raise the ethical questions myself. Overall good reading but not a book I would reference. The book would be good reading for group discussion.

I purchased this textbook as a required text for my Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling class, and reading this one did not feel like work! It was a very interesting read, written in plain English and was easy to understand. I would recommend this book to therapists, or people on the tract to become therapists/counselors/other mental health professionals.

The info given is interesting but then again, it is the negative spin on everythingso while I find it very informative I can only read it in small doses and then haveto pull out my life is a bowl of sunshine daydreams. blessings I think it's worth the read

I am a counseling grad student and I found a lot of this to be common sense. It's an easy read but i found myself skimming a lot.

In graduate training, we are trained to follow ethical principles, but discussions are limited. Students and professors seem afraid to openly discuss the taboo topics, like therapist feelings of fear, anger, hatred, and sexual attraction. This book provides the context for open, respectful, and insightful discussions in graduate-level ethics courses. Thank you, Dr. Pope!

Absolutely engaging and real! I teach ethics continuing education workshops for therapists and refer to this book on many occasions!

This was quite insightful especially when the book talked about different scenario a counselor may face.

An excellent and thorough examination of taboo subjects and detailed discussion on how (and why) to approach them. It's a US book but the principals are applicable to UK readers.

Very good book