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INTRODUCTION -- Survival may not be enough -- -- Part One -- Building a Secure Base -- -- CHAPTER ONE -- A Noble, Complicated Passion -- Mouthwash for the Mind -- Zyklon B Gas in the Consulting Room -- Friends with Oesophageal Cancer and Vascular Dementia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- CHAPTER TWO -- Assessing One's Own Sanity -- The Perfect Candidate -- Pathological Motivations -- Can We Afford to Train? -- -- CHAPTER THREE -- On Marrying a Library -- Bibliophilia Psychotherapeutica -- Curling Up with Sigmund Freud -- My Three Favourite Reading Rooms -- -- CHAPTER FOUR -- The Joys and Pitfalls of Training -- A Child in a Sweet Shop -- Exhausted, Frazzled, and Scrutinised -- Legitimate at Last -- -- CHAPTER FIVE -- Cultivating Brilliant Mentors -- Dis-identifying from Disappointing Tutors -- A Most Inspiring Lecturer from Mendoza -- A Great Teacher Under Whom I Never Studied -- -- Part Two -- The Art of Prospering -- -- CHAPTER SIX -- Perpetual Pupils -- Training Never Ends -- How to Be a Medieval Monk -- Swimming in Organisations -- -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- Attracting Referrals -- The Art of Advertising -- My Last 500 Patients -- Answering the Telephone -- -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- Managing Money -- Under-Charging and Over-Charging -- Collecting Fees -- Financial Planning for the Future -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- CHAPTER NINE -- The Promotion of Expertise -- Flagrant Exhibitionism or Neurotic Inhibitionism? -- Generativity versus Stagnation -- On Stage at the Royal Opera House -- -- CHAPTER TEN -- Patients as Persecutors and as Privileges -- The Prevention of Burn-Out -- Hate in the Countertransference -- Delightful, Honourable People -- -- Part Three -- Thriving Beyond the Consulting Room -- -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- Nourishing Fledgling Colleagues -- Enlivening the Classroom -- On Being a Clinical Supervisor -- A Little Drink After Work -- -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- Public Lecturing -- My Very First Paper -- The Length of the Applause -- Addressing the United Nations -- -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN -- Daring to Research -- The Humiliation of Edward Glover -- A Search for the Traumatic Origins of Psychosis -- Sexual Fantasies at the Dinner Table -- -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN -- Writing Articles and Books -- The Agony of 300 Words and the Ease of 300,000 -- Publishing as a Relational Experience -- ""Not Another Book on Projective Identification"" -- -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN -- Blue-Sky Projects -- Freud Thinks Big -- A Bestseller and a Serial Killer -- Psychotherapists in Prison and in the Middle East -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Part Four -- Surviving Success -- -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN -- Avoiding Isolation -- The Need for Solitude -- Beware the Ethics Committee -- Choosing the Best Dinner Parties -- -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN -- Navigating Envy -- Winnicott's Mutterings in Geneva -- Thank God I'm Overweight -- On Being Provocative -- -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN -- Nurturing the Ageing Spine -- The Ultimate Narcissistic Injury -- The Ten-Minute Gymnasium -- Lounging on the Beach -- -- CHAPTER NINETEEN -- Embracing Idiosyncrasy -- Conquering Creative Entanglements -- Mourning Unfulfilled Dreams -- The Maverick in Mental Health -- -- CHAPTER TWENTY -- Preparing for Death -- The Appointment of Clinical Executors -- How to Retire Properly -- On the Shaping of a Legacy -- -- EPILOGUE -- My Parting Thoughts -- -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- References -- Index

How do you develop a truly rich and rewarding career in psychotherapy? How can you find joy in such painful work? How do you develop your skills in the field? How can you conquer your creative inhibitions? In short, how do you flourish as a psychotherapist? Brett Kahr answers these questions, and so many more, in his brilliant new book, painting a frank portrait of the life of the psychotherapist. Taking the reader through the life cycle of the therapist, Brett offers lots of practical advice, from assessing one's suitability for the career, to managing one's finances, to preparing for death. His clear voice and style shine through in this authentic, readable narrative. Professor Kahr has produced a must-read, gripping account of how you can thrive in every respect in this complex and rewarding career. How to Flourish as a Psychotherapist should be required reading for every therapist, anyone considering taking up the career, and everyone who has ever wondered what kind of person becomes a therapist.

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