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Therapist Self-Disclosure to Child Patients
The primary aim of this study was to investigate therapists' use of self-disclosure with their child patients. A sample of 126 mental health professionals with an average of 20 years of clinical experience completed the Therapist-to-Child Disclosure Inventory (TCDI), a 42-item Likert-type measure Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Occupational therapists needn't be tied to hospital
Q. I am thinking of returning to school to become an occupational therapist, but I am fairly sure I do not want to work in a hospital all my life. A friend says you briefly mentioned this topic last year. What are chances of being self-employed in this career? A. One in four and getting better. A Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

Therapist, Shrink Thyself - New York Times
A CURIOUS CALLINGUnconscious Motivations for Practicing Psychotherapy. By Michael B. Sussman. 304 pp. Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson. $40.SHRINK DREAMSTales From the Hidden Side of Psychiatry. By Wayne A. Myers. 252 pp. New York: Simon & Schuster. $20.THE PATIENT WHO CURED HIS THERAPISTAnd Other Publication: The New York Times

Massage therapists welcome regulation
HARRISBURG -- Michael Patrick takes his job as a massage therapist so seriously that he crossed state lines to become a licensed professional. Patrick, a Pittsburgh massage therapist, said he went to neighboring Ohio, where therapists can apply for licenses, because Pennsylvania doesn't regulate Publication: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The Therapist as an Influential Agent in the Therapeutic Process
When we think of the therapeutic process and the many articles in existence about this subject, we realize that the emphasis in this literature is almost always on the client. That is, the focus is usually client-centered. For instance, when Rogers (1957) discusses the therapeutic process, he uses Publication: Constructivism in the Human Sciences

Factors related to family therapists' breaking confidence when clients disclose high-risks-to-HIV/AIDS sexual behaviors
This national survey of 309 marriage and family therapists examined what therapists do when their HIV-positive clients disclose that they are engaging in highrisk sexual behavior The participants were given vignettes in which a fictitious client told the therapist about engaging in unprotected sex. Publication: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Innovators of Online Therapist Search Mark 10th Year With Relaunched Web Site, New Search Engine.
TherapistFinder.net Is Now FindCounseling.com; New Smart Technology Makes Finding the Right Therapist Even Easier OAK PARK, Ill., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In 1996, learning disabilities specialist C.J. Newton decided to parlay his practical experience into a website that would help connect licensed Publication: PR Newswire

HIV and family therapists' duty to warn: A legal and ethical analysis
The duty to warn third parties of dangers posed by a client's behavior, as Monahan (1993) notes, "is now a fact of professional life for nearly all American clinicians" (p. 242). In a climate in which, according to Stewart and Reppucci (1994), therapists have not reached agreement about the limits Publication: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

HOW TO CHOOSE A THERAPIST
surrendered his medical license after his partners learned that some of his former patients had complained he sexually abused them, calls attention to one of psychotherapy's greatest dangers. Two recent national studies have shown that about 8 percent of psychotherapists have sexual contact with Publication: The Boston Globe

A CREDIBILITY STAMP FOR THERAPISTS
For years, massage therapists lobbied in vain for a state law recognizing the profession's legitimacy. They now have a famously illegitimate profession to thank for making that wish come true.On Wednesday, Colorado becomes the 39th state to require massage workers to be registered with the state, Publication: The Gazette