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• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Two Variations on a Theme
• 1 What Is a Master Therapist Anyway— And How Do You Get to Be One?
• What Is a Master Therapist?
• Different Standards of Mastery
• Client and Therapist Perceptions of Outcomes
• Definitions of Mastery by Experts on the Subject
• 2 What We (Think We) Know So Far
• A Movement Toward Consensus
• What Does Make a Difference?
• Talking to the Masters
• What Famous Therapists Appear to Have in Common
• 3 Deep Compassion and Caring
• Creating Connections
• Commitment and Investment
• The Growth Edge
• 4 Sophisticated Interpersonal Skills: Really, Really Listening
• “How’d You Do That?”
• Little Things Make a Huge Difference
• Listening Differently
• Being in the Moment
• 5 Being Fully Present While Focusing on the Other
• Altered States of Being
• Mind Chatter
• A Way of Being
• Staying Present With Ourselves
• 6 Knowing What Maybe/Probably/Mostly Makes a Difference
• What Makes a Difference?
• Beyond Understanding: Honoring Magic and Mystery
• 7 Speaking the Truth
• Lies in Therapy
• Confronting Deception
• Hard Truths
• Taking Risks and Exploring the Unknown
• 8 Making Mistakes—But Not the Same Ones Over and Over
• Making Mistakes Isn’t the Problem
• Practicing Self-Compassion
• Most Common Mistakes
• Mistakes or Just Data to Process?
• 9 Inviting and Responding to Constructive Feedback
• Sources of Feedback
• Clients Are the Best Teachers
• Feedback That’s Most Helpful
• Processing Feedback Gratefully
• Being Accountable to Ourselves, Our Colleagues, and Our Clients
• Life-Changing Feedback
• Recruiting Master Coaches and Mentors
• How We Know What We Know
• 10 Who You Are Is as Important as What You Do
• Who We Are Versus What We Do
• Qualities of Master Therapists
• Practicing Self-Compassion
• Modeling As Best We Can
• 11 Acknowledging Commonalities, Responding to Differences
• Multiple Cultural Identities
• An Individual’s Multiplicity of Cultures
• What We Share in Common
• Metabolizing Theory and Embracing Complexity
• 12 Love Is a Four-Letter Word in Therapy
• Multiple Dimensions of Caring
• Owning Our Personal Motives
• Learning How to Love
• Love Is Always Possible
• 13 Getting Wild and a Little Crazy: Promoting Creative Breakthroughs
• When Models and Theories Limit Our Creative Options
• Sorting Out All the Voices in Our Heads
• On Being Creative
• Seeking New Knowledge While Embracing Mystery
• You’ve Never Heard of the Most Creative Therapists
• Thinking Differently About Problems
• Where Has Creativity Gone?
• 14 Promoting Social Interest and Advocacy
• Who Has Time for This?
• Real Master Therapists in Action
• Consistent Themes Related to Advocacy Efforts
• Let’s Be Honest, Really Honest
• Full Circle
• 15 Being a Work in Progress
• A Voracious Curiosity
• Confronting Despair Versus Hope
• What Has Been Most Helpful Along the Way
• What Has Been Least Helpful Along the Way
• It’s About Relationships, Not Content
• Mastery Means Being Able to Accept Mystery
• Epilogue
• References
• About the Authors
• Index
• End User License Agreement