Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy

Thomas Skovholt and Len Jennings' landmark Master Therapists: Exploring Expertise in Therapy and Counseling was the first book to apply qualitative methodology to the study of validly selected expert therapists. Considering the growing number of international qualitative studies on psychotherapy expertise, the authors join forces once again to provide students, academics, researchers, and practitioners with Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy:Master Therapist Studies from Around the World. In this book, Jennings and Skovholt compile and compare, for the first time, a series of parallel studies of expertise in psychotherapy from around the world. The studies include therapist expertise research projects in Southeast Asia (Singapore, Japan, and Korea),North America (the U.S.A. and Canada), and Europe (Czech Republic and Portugal). Synthesizing and presenting common characteristics of master practitioners on a global scale, Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy is the most comprehensive description of psychotherapy expertise at the international level that has ever been conducted.

Jennings and Skovholt's edited book represents a unique contribution to the study of master therapists that not only presents high quality studies from various countries, but also uses the means of qualitative meta-analysis in order to synthesize the findings across those studies. The international character of the book together with the use of innovative methodologies makes this endeavour a truly remarkable addition to counselling and psychotherapy research. Congratulations to all contributors! - Ladislav Timulak, PhD, Course Director, Doctoral Programme in Counselling Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, This book addresses the call for the internationalization of psychotherapy research. We can learn much from master therapists around the world - and our learning certainly is enhanced by the comprehensive synthesis of research on counselor expertise provided by Jennings, Skovholt, and their colleagues. Graduate programs in psychology will benefit greatly from this inspiring and important work. - Karen M. O'Brien, PhD, Professor, University of Maryland, This edited book is remarkable and impressive. The findings and conceptual models are based on extensive interviews of master therapists from seven countries. In addition to providing a global understanding of the master therapist construct, the authors have succeeded in providing in-depth knowledge of culturally specific and common elements of counseling and psychotherapy. This vividly written book will likely be a classic. Congratulations! - Michael Helge Rønnestad, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway

Len Jennings, PhD, LP is professor of counseling psychology at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota and a psychologist in private practice. He has practiced, researched, and taught psychotherapy for more than 25 years. His research has focused on expertise in psychotherapy and counseling. He has collaborated with Dr. Skovholt on several articles, book chapters, and the award-winning book, Master Therapists: Exploring Expertise in Therapy andCounseling. He has international counseling psychology work experience in the Czech Republic, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, and Thailand.Thomas Skovholt, PhD, LP is professor of counseling at the University of Minnesota and a psychologist in private practice. He has worked with Len Jennings over many years in many enjoyable writing projects including the award-winning book, Master Therapists: Exploring Expertise in Therapy and Counseling. Other books include the co-authored The Resilient Practitioner and The Developing Practitioner. He has worked internationally as a counseling professor in Turkey,Norway, Korea, Singapore and Kuwait.