Books for Us and Our Clients

Lately we have been recommending each other various books that can help us better organize our practicum experience and inspire our clients. Those books were shown in different classes by students and faculty and some of us did not get a chance to learn about them.
Here they are:

Documentation in Counseling Records (by Mitchell, 2001).

 

Offers practical guidelines on how to keep client records that are legally, clinically, and fiscally sound. Identifies uses of a record and those who have access to it, looks at the most frequent causes for a malpractice suit, and demonstrates how records can be used to enhance the service relationship and promote consumer empowerment.

The Paper Office: Forms, Guidelines, and Resources to Make Your Practice Work Ethically, Legally, and Profitably.

Manual and CD-ROM provide the clinical, financial, and legal record-keeping tools that every psychotherapy practice needs. It is ideal both for new practitioners who want to hit the ground running, and seasoned pros who want to overhaul their paperwork and risk-reduction procedures. Included are methods for documenting informed consent, treatment planning, and progress; advice on fee structures, competitive pricing, and billing; tips on joining managed care panels and communicating with MCO reviewers; and much more. New or expanded coverage is provided of such topics as managed care, clinical supervision, ethical marketing practices, malpractice insurance, and online resources.

Simon Says Dream: Live a Passionate Life (by Simon Bailey)

Are you tired of being connected to life’s negative forces (mediocrity, worry, fear, feeling unimportant, feeling unappreciated, unable to be what you want to become, etc.)? Being Yourself Matters is an inspiring, motivating, and thought provoking confessional, the purpose of this book is to cause you, the reader, to become excited about being yourself and to encourage you to take action NOW in exploring life without negative boundaries. It will stir-up your hunger to discover and connect with your authentic-self.

Release Your Brilliance: The 4 Steps to Transforming Your Life and Revealing Your Genius to the World (by Simon Bailey)

Each of us is born brilliant. Then we spend the rest of our lives having our brilliance buried by people, circumstances, and experiences. Eventually, we forget that we ever had genius and special talents, and our brilliance is locked away in a vault deep within. So we settle for who we are, instead of striving for who we were meant to be.

Release Your Brilliance provides the combination to the vault where your brilliance is kept. After struggling for thirty-two years with disillusion, defeat, and despair, author Simon T. Bailey cracked the code to personal transformation, turning his life around and becoming a highly successful entrepreneur, respected family man and community leader. Using the metaphor that we're all diamonds in the rough, Simon shares the four key steps to cut and polish the gem that is you in order to reawaken your genius, reignite your internal light, and release your potential.