THE ASSASSIN AND THE THERAPIST: AN EXPLORATION OF TRUTH IN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND IN LIFE
Book ID/图书代码： 12844011B51303
English Summary/英文概要： Many therapists have likely worked with a client who has caused the therapist to confront his most cherished beliefs, or has changed the therapist in ways that forever altered the way he performs therapy, looks at the world, and sees himself. The author of this book found himself in just such a situation, causing him to begin his own search for truth. This book is the result of his search; it explores the nature of truth in psychotherapy and in the therapist’s life, examining some of the things that are often denied and rarely spoken about.
This book contains two parallel narratives: the first tells the story of Jacob, a man in his seventies, who lived through one of the most dramatic periods in history and actually altered events through his acts of violence. Following him from his childhood to his recruitment, training, and life as an assassin, it is a tale of intrigue, of adventure and courage, but one that also raises a number of profound moral issues. The reader will find several unexpected but significant themes scattered throughout Jacob’s story which, upon close examination, have significant implications for the ways therapists think about their work and their relationships with clients.
The second narrative details the author’s struggles as a therapist as he tries to make sense of his doubt, imperfections, and self-deceptions. The reader will join him on his search for truth in both psychotherapy and life. His story becomes a lesson for digging deep into the complex and ambiguous nature of what therapists do and what they think they learn in their work.
A greatly unique and fascinating work, readers will find themselves both enthralled in and changed by Jacob’s story and the author’s journey.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 很多治療師有可能曾與客戶共同創造了治療師曾最為珍視的信念，或改變了治療師長久以來不變的治療方式，重新審視世界，和自己。本書的作者發現自己正好身處這種情況，這致使他開始為自己尋求真實的自我。搜索治療師的生活中對進行心理治療背後的真實本質，從而驗證我們一直回避和和少談及的一些事情。
本書中包含兩個平行的故事：第一部分講述的是七十多歲的Jacob，這位經歷了歷史上最具戲劇性的時期之一的人物，實際上他通過自己的暴力行為更改了事件發展進程。跟隨著他從童年時代到應徵入伍、受訓以及作為一名刺客而生，這是一個關於陰謀，冒險和勇氣的故事，但這個故事引發了一些深刻的道德問題。讀者會發現一些意想不到的但卻象徵重大意義的主題分散在Jacob的故事中，經過仔細的審核，對治療師考量自己的工作方法和他們與客戶之間的關係，產生了重大影響。
第二部分詳細敘述了作者作為治療師，試圖努力理清自己的疑慮，缺陷和自欺行為。讀者將與他一起他探尋心理治療和生活中的真理。他的故事成為深入瞭解複雜的，和治療師的工作性質的模糊定義以及他們在工作中所獲得的經驗教訓。
一部獨具匠心的迷人作品，讀者會發現自己在醉心於Jacob的故事和作者的改變之旅中。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况："Kottler construct[s] a startling narrative, which reads as well as any detective story...written with searing honesty. Kottler does not flinch from examining his own part in co-creating a story that may (or may not) be a lie...Kottler has written a story which invites the reader to consider their own practice, and the place in that, not only of falsehood and truth, but the therapist’s role in that...For those interested in looking more deeply at the nature of the unconscious play of forces between therapist and client, go to Kottler. The question the reader is left with at the end is this. Is Jacob’s story real, or were the two of them complicit in developing a work of fiction? Perhaps we should be asking that of ourselves more often."---Heather Dale, MBACP, The Independent Practitioner
About the Author/作者介绍： 傑佛瑞•科特勒是在心理和教育領域裡最多產的作者之一，他已經寫了50本題材廣泛的著作。他為輔導員和治療師寫12本教科書，這些書被世界各地的大學所採用。他還為從業心理治療師和教育者創作了12本書，其中受到高度關注的著作包括《不完美的治療師》(The Imperfect Therapist)、《慈悲的治療》(Compassionate Therapy)、《超越責備》(Beyond Blame)、《眼淚的語言》(TheLanguageofTears)、《最後的受害者》(The Last Victim)、《改變你生活的旅行》(Travel That Can Change Your Life)、《糟糕的治療》(Bad Therapy)、《保持長久的改變》(Making Changes Last)和《餐桌旁的木乃伊》(TheMummy at the Dining Room Table)。 科特勒已經是有30年經驗的治療師。他在包括學前學校、中學、心理健康中心、危機中心、大學、社區大學和私人開業等各種的機構中，作為教師、輔導員、治療師而工作。他曾在秘魯(1980)和冰島(2000)被聘為富布萊特學者(Fulbright scholar)和高級演講師，並且作為特聘教授在新西蘭、澳大利亞、香港、新加坡和尼泊爾工作過。科特勒目前是美國加利福尼亞州立大學諮詢系的教授和系主任。
喬恩•卡爾森是心理學、教育學博士、美國職業心理學會會員，在諮詢與臨床心理學領域獲得過多個博士學位，並持有心理治療高級證書卡爾森是伊利諾斯州派克大學州長州立大學的心理學與諮詢系傑出教授，同時擔任威斯康辛州曰內瓦湖健康診所主任他已出版專著35部，發表專業論文140篇，錄製完成商業和專業錄影及視頻200餘部。卡爾森還擔任《家庭雜誌》的創刊編輯，曾擔任國際婚姻與家庭諮詢學會的前任主席。Jeffrey Kottler is the author of over 80 books that have been translated into more than a dozen languages. They are used in universities around the world and are considered classics among practicing teachers, counselors, psychologists, health professionals, and social justice advocates.
Some of his most highly regarded works include: Divine Madness: Ten Stories of Creative Struggle, Changing People’s Lives While Transforming Your Own: Paths to Social Justice and Global Human Rights, On Being a Therapist and more recently, The Assassin and the Therapist: An Exploration of Truth in Psychotherapy and in Life and Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy: Tales of Transformation and Astonishment. His New York Times bestselling true crime book, The Last Victim, was recently completed as a feature film.
Jeffrey has worked as an educator and psychologist in a preschool, middle school, mental health center, crisis center, university, community college, corporation, and private practice settings. He has served as a Fulbright Scholar and Senior Lecturer in Peru, Thailand, and Iceland, as well as worked as a Visiting Professor in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Nepal. Jeffrey is currently Professor of Counseling and of Freshman Programs at California State University, Fullerton. He has also co-founded Empower Nepali Girls (www.EmpowerNepaliGirls.org) which provides educational scholarships for lower caste girls at-risk in Nepal.
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