Letters to a Young Practitioner: Essays of Advice

Letters to a Young Practitioner: Essays of Advice brings together invaluable insight from a variety of professionals in the counseling and educational practice fields into a single volume to provide students-in-training and new practitioners with mentorship. The text promotes career self-actualization and offers readers a greater understanding of the culture of their given profession, the technical knowledge they need to advance in their careers, suggestions for professional development, and more.

The book features 22 essays written by clinical psychologists, couple/marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and others. Each essay is divided into three specific sections in which contributors provide general information about their educational background, discuss their experience and area of expertise, and offer advice in a particular area. Individual essays explore building community ties and navigating clinical errors; the experience of mentoring international students; handling conversations about race with clients; the challenges and promises inherent in child welfare social work; navigating the helping professions as a person of color; community and school-based therapy; and more.

Offering readers the unique opportunity to receive valuable insight and mentorship from diverse practitioners in a single volume, Letters to a Young Practitioner is an exemplary resource for courses and programs in the helping professions, as well as new practitioners in the field.