7 Secrets of Highly Successful Therapists

By Lyn Kelley

Lyn Kelley, Ph.D., LMFT, Certified Professional Coach with over 20 years experience consulting and training therapists, gives you the proven success strategies from master therapists. You will bet more motivated to do this life-changing work and revive your spirit, passion and joy for your career. Exercises and quizzes included to assist you. Handle your burnout issues once-and-for-all!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lyn Kelley
• Release date: Jun 8, 2010
• ISBN: 9781452327686

Lyn Kelley

As a Motivational Coach and Speaker, my goal is "to empower people move to the next level of success in their lives." Many people have asked for more information about me and why I am qualified to motivate others. So here's a little bit about me and how I got here. It all started back in Fresno, CA where I was born and raised. As a child I knew I had a calling to help people be happier and live better lives. I knew this because I was keenly observant of people. I observed people and how they lived their lives. At age 10 a friend's family invited me to a musical show called "Up With People!" This show had a major impact on me, and brought up my passion to help people be happier. Although my parents didn't care about my grades, I received all A's in school except I always failed Oral English. I couldn't get up in front of the class and speak. What kept me going in school was my desire for a career in the helping/teaching profession, so I could help others become more successful. The females in my family were discouraged from going to college, so higher education became my way of rebelling. I earned my B.A. in Education from CSU Fresno. During college I had some wonderful professors who took me under their wing and encouraged me to speak in class. I learned that I enjoyed teaching and actually had a gift that had previously been repressed. I went on to get my teaching credential and taught Jr. and Sr. High School for 7 years. I went from a shy little girl who couldn't speak in front of the class to a big girl who couldn't STOP speaking in front of the class! Teaching adolescents was an amazing experience! I found that I wanted to work with them more one-on-one, so I went back to college to become a counselor. I received my M.S. in Counseling/Psychology from the University of Miami and became licensed as a Marriage & Family Therapist. Initially I set out to get a wide range of experience. I worked in a children's psych hospital in dual diagnosis, managed a residential treatment program for severely emotionally disturbed teenage girls, conducted biofeedback therapy for a pain management center, and worked in social services in the areas of foster care, child abuse and family reunification. Once I became licensed I worked in a private counseling practice for 7 years. I specialized in relationship counseling. During this time I realized that coaching, writing and teaching were what I really loved to do, s...

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7 Secrets of Highly Successful Therapists

"Dr. Kelley’s book really helped me see the causes of my stress and burnout. Feeling successful as a therapist is the only way to avoid the compassion fatigue that so many of us feel. Her exercises were especially helpful along the way. I highly recommend this book."

--Kristin Anne, San Diego, CA

7 Secrets of Highly Successful Therapists

By Lyn Kelley

Published by Lyn Kelley at Smashwords

Copyright 2010 Lyn Kelley

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FOREWARD

This book is a valuable resource, not only for strategies for professional success, but strategies for self-care which make such success more likely.

This important study will help readers understand why therapists are especially prone to developing burnout. It explains how one can prevent burnout before it has a chance to develop – or, if it has already developed – to recognize its warning signs and take steps to ameliorate it before it gets worse. Thus, it is a guide for prevention, as well as protection.

You will learn how to implement a structured method for defining your professional values, set short term and long term goals, and implement steps toward your goals. You will learn ways to experience feelings of career success, the importance of focusing on the positive aspects of your professional work, and about the importance of doing work which is a good fit for you.

It is well worth your investment of time, energy, and resources.

--Doreen Lerner, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist, Morgan Hill, CA

The Seven Secrets of

Highly Successful Therapists

By Lyn Kelley, Ph.D., LMFT, CPC

Table of Contents

Introduction: Psychotherapy: A Distinctive Profession

Success Secret #1: Understanding the Causes of Burnout

Success Secret #2: Preventing Burnout

Success Secret #3: Accessing Support and Resources

Success Secret #4: Replenishing Yourself

Success Secret #5: Being Authentic, Ethical and True

Success Secret #6: Setting Goals and Working an Action Plan

Success Secret #7: Assessing Progress and Rewarding Self

Bibliography

Introduction:

It was my first graduate course in Counseling/Psychology at the University of Miami. My professor, Bruce Forman, Ph.D., a respected and successful psychologist walked in, sat down, and pronounced:

"This is a funny profession you know. We get in a soundproof room with perfect