The Vulnerable Therapist : Routledge : 9780789004802 : 0789004801 : 24 Mar 1998 : A passionate, proactive stance on the present state of psychotherapy, The Vulnerable Therapist: Practicing Psychotherapy in an Age of Anxiety picks the brains of contemporary mental health professionals and finds a common symptom--fear. You'll see why litigation, market forces, and ethical confusion have raised a dark umbrella of angst over psychotherapy practices and discover what therapists can do to restore the profession to its former good self. The Vulnerable Therapist will capture your interest with its broad systemic approach, contextual analysis, fascinating case studies, and anecdotal material. You'll see the need for improvement at the institutional and individual levels of the psychotherapy professions. Specifically, you'll read about:social, cultural, and contextual aspects of the crisis of meaningin psychotherapyprofessional responses to the crisis of meaning which create ethicaldilemmas for