[A] unique addition to the sparse literature on learning to become a nurse psychotherapist....focuses not only on psychotherapeutic techniques, but also the work a nursemust be willing to do to become a skilled and helpful therapist.... a valuable resource for both psychiatric nursing graduate students and the practicing nurse psychotherapist."-Angie S. Chesser, PhD, RN, APRN, CNS"Human beings are hot-wired biologically for relationship-building, and as such, it is the nurse-patient relationship that becomes central to healing....This much-needed book gives voice to the very real perils of abandoning patients to pills. It is a clarion call to return to our roots and our strengths."-Patrice Rancour, MS, RNFast Facts for the Nurse Psychotherapist is the first book to guide the novice and experienced psychiatric APRN on the process of truly becoming a psychotherapist. It is grounded in the concept of self-reflection as a foundation for successful psychotherapeutic practice and addresses a variety of strategies and styles that foster positive outcomes, the use of dreams and other conscious/unconscious techniques, the clinical supervision process, and how to continually grow as an individual and therapist.