Fire Your Therapist: Why Therapy Might Not Be Working for You and What You Can Do about It

Fire Your Therapist: Why Therapy Might Not Be Working for You and What You Can Do about It

by Joe Siegler
Fire Your Therapist: Why Therapy Might Not Be Working for You and What You Can Do about It

Fire Your Therapist: Why Therapy Might Not Be Working for You and What You Can Do about It

by Joe Siegler

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Overview

Build the life you want with the powerful alternative to therapy

"This is a terrific book about you achieving peak performance, better balance, and success. Think of it as your own personal guide to getting from good to great in your life. Dr. Siegler actually does what many before have set out to accomplish-bright, ambitious people of all ages now have a proven path to transformation."
—Stewart Emery, coauthor of the international bestsellers Success Built to Last and Do You Matter?

"Dr. Siegler possesses the qualities of the best catalysts for profound change: clarity, compassion, and the courage to see each client with brand new eyes. This book is the essential guide for finding your way through the confusing thicket of self-mastery options."
—Raphael Cushnir, author of The One Thing Holding You Back and Surfing Your Inner Sea

"Finally, a new paradigm-that is refreshing, daring, cutting edge, and client-centric-that can yield the life and career you want. With Fire Your Therapist, Dr. Siegler ushers in a new era of self-improvement."
—Josh Baran, author of The Tao of Now

"Dr. Siegler shares the client-centered, goal-directed philosophy of Solution Focused Therapy and broadens it. For those who want to make an educated choice about how to achieve the life they want, he anticipates and answers your questions in a comprehensive and affirming manner."
—Eve Lipchik, codeveloper of Solution Focused Therapy and author of Beyond Technique in Solution Focused Therapy

Feel like therapy isn't working for you? Wish there were a better way to achieve your goals? Fire Your Therapist introduces a new, holistic approach to creating the life you want. Based on Dr. Siegler's groundbreaking Spheres of Life Coaching Method, this book explains how to move beyond the "talking cure" of traditional therapy to a more creative, results-oriented way of achieving your goals. You'll be inspired by the experiences of clients who have benefited from Dr. Siegler's proven methods.

Fire Your Therapist is the essential step-by-step guide for anyone who wants to create a more successful life.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780470194980
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Publication date: 06/01/2009
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Joe Siegler, M.D., is a practicing executive coach, board-certified psychiatrist, speaker, and founder and president of Chicago's Full Life Centers, serving thousands of clients and numerous organizations. He is a frequent guest on television and radio shows.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

PART I: Deciding Whether to Fire Your Therapist.

1. Why Therapy Might Not Be Working.

2. What to Expect from Coaching.

3. Commitment, Accountability, and Responsibility.

4. Decide If Your Therapy or Current Approach Is Working.

5. Give Me One Good Reason to Fire My Therapist.

6. Transitioning: When You’re Thinking about Making the Switch.

7. Choose the Right Coach for You.

PART II: Build the Life You Want on Your Own and with Your Coach.

8. Applying the Spheres: The Key to Creating a Full Life.

9. The You Spheres: Self, Body, Spirit, Fun, and Home.

10. The Career Spheres: Work and Money.

11. The People Spheres: Love, Family, Friends, and Community.

12. Laser-Precision Outcomes.

13. Overcome Obstacles to Achieve Outcomes.

14. Approach Greatness.

15. A Better Life and a Better World.

Conclusion.

Index.

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