Author: Theodore H. BlauPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331683356
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Excerpt from Private Practice in Clinical Psychology Nowhere in the professional literature has there appeared, to date, a critical yet constructive analysis of private practice. The philosophical and ethical issues have been given considerable thought and analysis (4, To date, however, the conditions of individual practice of clinical psychology in a community setting is a professional mystery except to those actively engaged in such practice. The purpose of this book is to present an organized series of observations on the individual and responsible practice of clinical psychology. As might be expected of any professional writing, this book has its own point of View or bias. While the whole of private practice will not be delineated, this book will describe the private practice of clinical psychology based on six year's experi ence in this setting. Many psychologists will find procedures and methods with which they are unfamiliar or not in agreement. This tends to be usual in psychology, particularly in the clinical area. Such criticism is expected and desired. Leis hypothesized that the methods to be outlined are realistic, ethical, needed, and, hope fully, effective. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.