title: A Primer for Beginning Psychotherapy (Second Edition)
author:  William N. Goldstein 
description: <P><STRONG>"This concise and clearly written book is, as its title suggests, an excellent primer for students and mental health professionals at the early stages of their careers. . This book would make a fine addition to the library of the neophyte psychotherapist. It gives the larger picture of what psychotherapy is about, yet, at the same time, presents highly practical advice on many concrete and interpersonal issues."</STRONG> <EM>- Ilisse R. Perlmutter, M.D., St. Barnabas Hospital in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 63:4, April 2002</EM></P> <P><STRONG>"This is a useful book which will provide a viable teaching aid for established therapists and is full of helpful advice for beginners."</STRONG> - <EM>European Eating</EM> <EM>Disorders Review</EM></P>
zlib_text: August	by	Judith	Rossner
  Ordinary	People	by	Judith	Guest
  
  e-Book	2015	International	Psychotherapy	Institute
  From	Psychotherapy:	Portraits	in	Fiction	by	Jesse	D.	Geller,	Ph.D.	and	Paul	D.	Spector,	M.A.
  Copyright	©	1987	Jesse	D.	Geller,	Ph.D.	and	Paul	D.	Spector,	M.A.
  “August”	by	Judith	Rossner.	From	AUGUST	by	Judith	Rossner.	Copyright	©	1983	by	Judith	Rossner.
  Reprinted	by	permission	of	Houghton	Mifflin	Company.
  “Ordinary	People"	by	Judith	Guest.	From	ORDINARY	PEOPLE,	by	Judith	Guest.	Copyright	©	1976	by
  Judith	Guest.
  Reprinted	by	permission	of	Viking	Penguin,	Inc.
  All	Rights	Reserved
  Created	in	the	United	States	of	America
  www.freepsychotherapybooks.org
  ebooks@theipi.org
  
  Table	of	Contents
  Introduction
  August
  Ordinary	People
  
  Introduction
  August	by	Judith	Rossner
  Ordinary	People	by	Judith	Guest
  The	excerpts	from	the	novels	August	and	Ordinary	People	dramatically
  highlight	 the	 work	 of	 two	 therapists.	 The	 patients	 in	 both	 cases	 are
  adolescents,	suicidal,	and	coming	for	their	f