Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
About the Authors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Introduction
Part I. The Consultation
1. First Contact
2. The First Moments
3. Initiating an Alliance and Assessing Safety
4. Enhancing the Therapeutic Alliance and Eliciting History
5. Collecting a Psychosocial History and Screening for Common Psychological Disorders
6. Creating a Formulation and a Treatment Plan
Part II. Frame and Variations
7. The Frame
8. Setting the Fee and Billing

9. Telephone Calls and Emails: From Dependencies to Emergencies
10. No-Shows, Late Arrivals, and Late Departures
11. When the Therapist's Life Affects the Frame: Vacations, Pregnancies, and Illness
12. Confidentiality and Its Limits
Part III. Chemistry
13. Substance Use Disorders
14. Integrating Psychopharmacology with Psychotherapy
Part IV. Therapeutic Dilemmas
15. Managing Impasses
16. Empathic Lapses
17. Transference and Countertransference
18. Termination
Part V. Being a Therapist
19. Professional Development
Glossary

Additional Readings and Resources
References
Index