How Psychotherapists Live

"Few if any have given as much to psychotherapy research as David Orlinsky, and no one has given psychotherapists more research on who they are as professionals. In this new and deeply meaningful book, Dr. Orlinsky shows how psychotherapists live as persons and how that affects their work. Empirically and clinically this is an unparalleled source of knowledge and wisdom."

Louis Castonguay, PhD, liberal arts professor of psychology, Pennsylvania State University, USA

"For too long, psychotherapists have been portrayed impersonally as interchangeable parts of their treatment technologies. Based on extensive research, this book debunks that myth, presenting a multidimensional picture of therapists as persons well beyond paint-by-number illustrations and demonstrating what may really account for the variation of outcomes due to therapist effects."

Barry L. Duncan, PsyD, author of On Becoming a Better Therapist and CEO of Better Outcomes Now , USA

"This monumental and authoritative work on the person of the psychotherapist by David Orlinsky, one of the parents of psychotherapy research, reads like a research-informed detective story-exploring our inner selves, intimate relationships, individual beliefs, childhood family experiences, personal therapies, and their impact on our satisfactions and stresses in therapeutic work."

John C. Norcross, PhD, ABPP, distinguished professor and chair of psychology, University of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

"David Orlinsky pioneered a field of psychotherapy research of crucial importance by examining the characteristics and development of psychotherapists. Based on solid empirical evidence and a huge international sample, his new book will help psychotherapists reflect on their self and life, to further clarify and improve the role of the therapist in treatment."

Bernhard M. Strauss, PhD, professor of psychotherapy and medical psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany