Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy

Thomas Skovholt and Len Jennings' landmark Master Therapists: Exploring Expertise in Therapy and Counseling was the first book to apply qualitative methodology to the study of validly selected expert therapists. Considering the growing number of international qualitative studies on psychotherapy expertise, the authors join forces once again to provide students, academics, researchers, and practitioners with Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Master Therapist Studies from Around the World. In this book, Jennings and Skovholt compile and compare, for the first time, a series of parallel studies of expertise in psychotherapy from around the world. The studies include therapist expertise research projects in Southeast Asia (Singapore, Japan, and Korea), North America (the U.S.A. and Canada), and Europe (Czech Republic and Portugal). Synthesizing and presenting common characteristics of master practitioners on a global scale, Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy is the most comprehensive description of psychotherapy expertise at the international level that has ever been conducted.

Len Jennings, PhD, LP is professor of counseling psychology at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota and a psychologist in private practice. He has practiced, researched, and taught psychotherapy for more than 25 years. His research has focused on expertise in psychotherapy and counseling. He has collaborated with Dr. Skovholt on several articles, book chapters, and the award-winning book, Master Therapists: Exploring Expertise in Therapy and Counseling. He has international counseling psychology work experience in the Czech Republic, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, and Thailand.

Thomas Skovholt, PhD, LP is professor of counseling at the University of Minnesota and a psychologist in private practice. He has worked with Len Jennings over many years in many enjoyable writing projects including the award-winning book, Master Therapists: Exploring Expertise in Therapy and Counseling. Other books include the co-authored The Resilient Practitioner and The Developing Practitioner. He has worked internationally as a counseling professor in Turkey, Norway, Korea, Singapore and Kuwait.