The Other Side of the Couch

This book should be on the bookshelves of every counselor, therapist, and social worker. This is healing for the healer: therapy that turns its sights from the patient on the proverbial couch to the caregiver who runs the daily practice, examining the stress that comes with helping others. Melissa Danielson gives an insider's view of the day-to-day challenges of a counseling practitioner. She explains how to manage time; set healthy work boundaries; manage stress, crisis, nutrition, and rest; and combat fatigue. Her techniques include visualization, art, aromatherapy, cleansing rituals, progressive relaxation, meditation, and more. In an effort to equip practitioners with the tools that they need for their own well-being, she provides creative, effective and fun techniques for in-office and at-home management of this challenging profession.

This book should be on the bookshelves of every counselor, therapist, and social worker. This is healing for the healer: therapy that turns its sights from the patient on the proverbial couch to the caregiver who runs the daily practice, examining the stress that comes with helping others. Melissa Danielson gives an insider's view of the day-to-day challenges of a counseling practitioner. She explains how to manage time; set healthy work boundaries; manage stress, crisis, nutrition, and rest; and combat fatigue. Her techniques include visualization, art, aromatherapy, cleansing rituals, progressive relaxation, meditation, and more. In an effort to equip practitioners with the tools that they need for their own well-being, she provides creative, effective and fun techniques for in-office and at-home management of this challenging profession.

About the Author Melissa Danielson is a psychotherapist living and working in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a Masters of Counseling from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Melissa has worked in hospital, pastoral, family treatment center and private practice setting. She has expertise in treating children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. Melissa has had a wide range of training and practice. Her experience ranges from crisis and emergency support to long-term management of mental health concerns and family distress. This includes personality disorders, chronic mental illness, co-occurring disorders, mood disorders and trauma that affect children, adolescents, adults and families. Her specialized areas of practice include Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, infidelity, marriage counseling, adjustment disorders, sexual abuse and other trauma as well as practitioner well-being. Melissa's approach uses a faith-based, strength based, brief solution focused therapy embedded in a narrative view. She is also trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and is a credentialed EMDR practitioner. Melissa is currently in private practice. You may find out more about her at http://www.DanielsonTherapy.com