Michael Karson, Ph.D., J.D., practiced psychotherapy with individuals, couples, and families for 29 years before entering academia in 2003. He is currently a professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver. Karson is the author of Deadly Therapy: Lessons in Liveliness from Theater and Performance Theory and Using Early Memories in Psychotherapy: Roadmaps to Presenting Problems and Treatment Impasses, as well as three other books.

This engaging book is the distillation of a lifetime of experience and thought of a master clinician and teacher. Therapists of all theoretical orientations will encounter pearls of wisdom to enhance their understanding and practice.

• Chapter 1. Knowing Something About Learning TherapyChapter 2. Knowing Something About HumansChapter 3. Knowing Something About PsychologyChapter 4. Knowing Something About YourselfChapter 5. Knowing Something About ConflictChapter 6. Knowing Something About the Working Alliance and Case FormulationChapter 7. Knowing Something About the Therapeutic FrameChapter 8. Knowing Something About TechniqueChapter 9. Knowing Something About Feedback

Michael Karson, Ph.D., J.D., practiced psychotherapy with individuals, couples, and families for 29 years before entering academia in 2003. He is currently a professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver. Karson is the author of Deadly Therapy: Lessons in Liveliness from Theater and Performance Theory and Using Early Memories in Psychotherapy: Roadmaps to Presenting Problems and Treatment Impasses, as well as three other books.

This engaging book is the distillation of a lifetime of experience and thought of a master clinician and teacher. Therapists of all theoretical orientations will encounter pearls of wisdom to enhance their understanding and practice.

• Chapter 1. Knowing Something About Learning TherapyChapter 2. Knowing Something About HumansChapter 3. Knowing Something About PsychologyChapter 4. Knowing Something About YourselfChapter 5. Knowing Something About ConflictChapter 6. Knowing Something About the Working Alliance and Case FormulationChapter 7. Knowing Something About the Therapeutic FrameChapter 8. Knowing Something About TechniqueChapter 9. Knowing Something About Feedback

Michael Karson, Ph.D., J.D., practiced psychotherapy with individuals, couples, and families for 29 years before entering academia in 2003. He is currently a professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver. Karson is the author of Deadly Therapy: Lessons in Liveliness from Theater and Performance Theory and Using Early Memories in Psychotherapy: Roadmaps to Presenting Problems and Treatment Impasses, as well as three other books.

This engaging book is the distillation of a lifetime of experience and thought of a master clinician and teacher. Therapists of all theoretical orientations will encounter pearls of wisdom to enhance their understanding and practice.

• Chapter 1. Knowing Something About Learning TherapyChapter 2. Knowing Something About HumansChapter 3. Knowing Something About PsychologyChapter 4. Knowing Something About YourselfChapter 5. Knowing Something About ConflictChapter 6. Knowing Something About the Working Alliance and Case FormulationChapter 7. Knowing Something About the Therapeutic FrameChapter 8. Knowing Something About TechniqueChapter 9. Knowing Something About Feedback