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<p>Getting Started as a Therapist provides students and new therapists with a bridge between education and practice. Written for a transtheoretical audience, the book explores questions and struggles common to students and new therapist supervisees. Readers can find pointed guidance in 52 chapters, spanning five categories. Categories include:</p> <ul> <li>Establishing better therapeutic relationships.</li> <li>What to avoid saying to patients.</li> <li>Increasing diagnostic accuracy, understanding why diagnosis is not a dirty word, and how it is critical to a good outcome.</li> <li>Specialized topics like how to more effectively talk about self‑injury and learning to use metaphors.</li> <li>Professional development such as making the most of supervision and how to limit liability.</li> </ul> <p>The succinct chapters come alive with real‑life examples and are often followed by suggestions for further reading and worksheets that help readers to refine their practice.</p>