Fast Facts for the Nurse Psychotherapist: The Process of Becoming

“[A] unique addition to the sparse literature on learning to become a nurse psychotherapist.… focuses not only on psychotherapeutic techniques, but also the work a nurse must be willing to do to become a skilled and helpful therapist.… a valuable resource for both psychiatric nursing graduate students and the practicing nurse psychotherapist.”_x000d_
―Angie S. Chesser, PhD, RN, APRN, CNS_x000d_
“Human beings are hot-wired biologically for relationship-building, and as such, it is the nurse–patient relationship that becomes central to healing.… This much-needed book gives voice to the very real perils of abandoning patients to pills. It is a clarion call to return to our roots and our strengths.”_x000d_
―Patrice Rancour, MS, RN_x000d_
Fast Facts for the Nurse Psychotherapist is the first book to guide the novice and experienced psychiatric APRN on the process of truly becoming a psychotherapist. It is grounded in the concept of self-reflection as a foundation for successful psychotherapeutic practice and addresses a variety of strategies and styles that foster positive outcomes; the use of dreams and other conscious/unconscious techniques; the clinical supervision process; and how to continually grow as an individual and therapist.