A Therapist’s Handbook to Dissolve Shame and Defense

Name: A Therapist’s Handbook to Dissolve Shame and Defense
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780367024383
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By Susan Warren Warshow

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A Therapist’s Handbook to Dissolve Shame and Defense by Susan Warren Warshow is a practical guide for therapists aiming to overcome the barriers of shame and defence mechanisms in psychotherapy. It introduces Dynamic Emotional Focused Therapy (DEFT) principles, supported by numerous clinical vignettes, to foster profound emotional connection and transformative change. The book highlights the importance of "shame-sensitivity" and presents the Healing Triad framework to help therapists effectively manage resistance, transform guilt, and disarm defences without causing ruptures.
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This handbook is essential for both advanced and newly practising mental health professionals seeking effective strategies to access deep emotions in clients and facilitate meaningful therapeutic change.

This user-friendly guide illustrates the core principles of Dynamic Emotional Focused Therapy (DEFT), a comprehensive treatment approach, to help therapists move past common treatment barriers like shame.

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The effort to surmount shame and formidable defences in psychotherapy can trigger shame and self-doubt in therapists. Susan Warren Warshow offers a user-friendly guide to help therapists move past common treatment barriers. This unique book avoids jargon and breaks down complex concepts into digestible elements for practical application. The core principles of Dynamic Emotional Focused Therapy (DEFT), a comprehensive treatment approach for demonstrable change, are illustrated with rich and abundant clinical vignettes.

This engaging, often lyrical handbook emphasizes shame-sensitivity to create the safety necessary to achieve profound interpersonal connection. Often overlooked in treatment, shame can undermine the entire process. The author explains the therapeutic transfer of compassion for self, a relational phenomenon that purposefully generates affective expression. She introduces a three-step, robust framework, The Healing Triad, to orient therapists to intervene effectively when the winds of resistance arise. Chapters clarify:

Why we focus on feelings
How to identify and move beyond shame and anxiety
How to transform toxic guilt into reparative actions
How to disarm defences while avoiding ruptures

A Therapist’s Handbook to Dissolve Shame and Defense is essential reading for both advanced and newly practising mental health practitioners striving to access the profound emotions in their clients for transformative change.

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Praised by experts, this book is recognised for its clear, concise writing and practical insights. Jeffrey K. Zeig commends Warshow's work for enhancing clinical expertise in psychotherapy, while Scott D. Miller describes it as a wise mentor offering essential support for therapists feeling isolated during client sessions. The handbook provides a compassionate and realistic approach, encouraging therapists to make subtle yet meaningful shifts in their practice.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780367024383

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 January 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 6 Tables, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 576g

Pages: 312

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Education & Reference Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Susan Warren Warshow

About the Author

Susan Warren Warshow, LCSW, LMFT, is the founder of the Dynamic Emotion Focused Therapy Institute (DEFT), an international presenter, a faculty member of the ISTDP Institute, and a Certified IEDTA Teacher/Supervisor. She has published several professional journal articles. She treats individuals and couples and offers clinical supervision.

She has presented at the Brief Therapy Conferences, IEDTA biennial international conferences, SEPI and NASW conferences, several Los Angeles County Psychological Association conventions and chapters of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. She has lectured at California State University Northridge, California Graduate Institute, and the California School of Professional Psychology.

Her former employment includes Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Coordinator of Continuing Education at the Department of Psychiatry at Northridge Hospital. At the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, she produced over 100 public presentations on child abuse and neglect in L.A. County and was the media director for L.A.'s first child abuse hotline.