🎓 Therapists In Training

Books for and about those learning the craft of psychotherapy — navigating first sessions, supervision, self-doubt, and the slow transformation from student into someone trusted with another's inner world.

Good Morning, Monster

by Catherine Gildiner • 2019

Five patients, five unthinkable childhoods, and one therapist's account of how they healed.

4.45

67k+

🩺 Clinical Case Studies 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🌱 Trauma Recovery 🧩 Dissociative Identity 🪞 Narcissistic Parents

Good Morning, Monster

Five patients, five unthinkable childhoods, and one therapist's account of how they healed.

by Catherine Gildiner 2019

4.45

67k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Case Studies 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🌱 Trauma Recovery 🧩 Dissociative Identity 🪞 Narcissistic Parents

The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy

by Irvin D. Yalom • 1967

The group heals more than any therapist alone. The architecture that makes it work.

4.20

10k+

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics 🔄 Interpersonal Psychology ⚡ Existential Psychotherapy 🛋️ Psychotherapy Methods 🤝 Therapeutic Relationships

The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy

The group heals more than any therapist alone. The architecture that makes it work.

by Irvin D. Yalom 1967

4.20

10k+ ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics 🔄 Interpersonal Psychology ⚡ Existential Psychotherapy 🛋️ Psychotherapy Methods 🤝 Therapeutic Relationships

Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy

by Irvin D. Yalom • 1989

A therapist admits: his own boredom, lust, and dread are the real instruments of cure.

4.25

42k+

🏛️ Existential Therapy 📋 Clinical Case Studies 💀 Death Anxiety 🪞 Countertransference 🤝 Therapeutic Alliance

Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy

A therapist admits: his own boredom, lust, and dread are the real instruments of cure.

by Irvin D. Yalom 1989

4.25

42k+ ratings

🏛️ Existential Therapy 📋 Clinical Case Studies 💀 Death Anxiety 🪞 Countertransference 🤝 Therapeutic Alliance

Every Day Gets A Little Closer

by Irvin D. Yalom • 1991

Two diaries, one therapy room: what the patient hid and what the therapist really thought.

3.76

3k+

🧠 Psychodynamic Therapy 🌌 Existential Psychotherapy 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship 📋 Case Study 💬 Interpersonal Psychotherapy

Every Day Gets A Little Closer

Two diaries, one therapy room: what the patient hid and what the therapist really thought.

by Irvin D. Yalom 1991

3.76

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychodynamic Therapy 🌌 Existential Psychotherapy 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship 📋 Case Study 💬 Interpersonal Psychotherapy

Maps of Narrative Practice

by Michael White • 2007

A problem is a story that has become the only story. The maps for finding the others.

4.34

621

🎭 Narrative Therapy 🛋️ Psychotherapy Methods 📖 Narrative Psychology 💬 Therapeutic Conversations 🧱 Social Constructionism

Maps of Narrative Practice

A problem is a story that has become the only story. The maps for finding the others.

by Michael White 2007

4.34

621 ratings

🎭 Narrative Therapy 🛋️ Psychotherapy Methods 📖 Narrative Psychology 💬 Therapeutic Conversations 🧱 Social Constructionism

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