An experienced psychotherapist’s reflections on the changes to his therapy practice, and to his personal life, wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the use of engaging case examples, Louis Propp is able to clearly communicate the process involved in adapting traditional therapy techniques into a telehealth model. The author’s discussion of the personal impact of the pandemic on his own life and work adds another important dimension. Authentic, accessible, and timely. It’s excellent.

Helene Presskreischer, PsyD

This text is an excellent guide to students and seasoned professionals on the emotional challenges of having practice during the pandemic as well as practical tools to weather through it all.

Tina Marie Glover, University of the Cumberlands

This book has a combined focus of a psychologist's personal reflections throughout the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and how a clinician can adapt in person interventions to virtual interventions with clients, particularly when working with children. This would be appropriate additional reading for a masters- or doctoral-level class that is inclusive of teletherapy in the curriculum.

Adrianne Trogden, University of the Cumberlands

In Lessons in Teletherapy, Dr. Propp takes the reader into real-time therapeutic dialogue with a diversity of patients varying in age, gender, and problems during a year of COVID-19. By matching the seven conceptual principles to the therapeutic conversation, the reader will understand how to approach each patient with both a conceptual framework and a thoughtful treatment strategy. Dr. Propp shows how these seven principles organize and influence the treatment, whether the patient is in the office or online. This book presents an in-depth analysis of treatment that is not explored in traditional texts.

Ben Presskreischer, PsyD, ABPP