Counselling category: 1931 books
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Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Closer regulation of psychological counselling means that an awareness of the professional, legal and ethical considerations is vital. The second edition of Handbook of Professional and Ethical Practice offers a clear, stimulating, and structured introduction to a number of contemporary issues of...
by Susan Howard
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Susan Howard explains in a clear, jargon-free style, the concepts at the heart of the psychodynamic approach, and, drawing on case material, describes the therapeutic practice which rests on those ideas. Assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, the book introduces:
the history of the approach
main...
by Jeremy Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Second edition, completely revised and updated
John Bowlby is one of the outstanding psychological theorists of the twentieth century. This new edition of John Bowlby and Attachment Theory is both a biographical account of Bowlby and his ideas and an up-to-date introduction to contemporary...
Person-centred Therapy and CBT
Siblings not Rivals
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
Why do I need to learn about CBT and/or the Person-centred Approach? What can these techniques contribute to my counselling training and practice?
This book has some of the answers, showing humanistic, CBT and integrative therapists how to get to grips with each other's approaches. CBT has...
Intimacy and Alienation
Memory, Trauma and Personal Being
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Intimacy and Alienation puts forward the author's unique paradigm for psychotherapy and counselling based on the assumption that each patient has suffered a disruption of the `self', and that the goal of the therapist is to identify and work with that disruption.
Using many clinical illustrations,...
Person-centred and Experiential Therapies
Contemporary Approaches and Issues in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
An essential new guide for any person-centred trainee or practitioner, this book explores some of the key contemporary counselling and psychotherapy approaches that have developed from classical client-centred therapy. Part One discusses five approaches including Classic Client-Centred Therapy;...
Forgiveness and the Healing Process
A Central Therapeutic Concern
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Many people come for help because they remain stuck in a destructive relationship, job, legal battle or memories of child abuse. A growing number of therapists believe that forgiveness is of crucial importance in helping people break away from these patterns of resentment and revenge.
Does...
by Professor Pam James, Barbara Douglas
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Learning how to work effectively with a broad range of clients and their presenting issues is a vital part of a career as a therapist, but engaging with the often conflicting worlds of descriptive psychopathology and the subjective meanings of the therapist and client is a real challenge for trainees....
Understanding Person-Centred Counselling
A Personal Journey
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
This book provides a key introduction to the theory, concepts and practice of the person-centred approach, through the lens of the practitioner’s experience and personal development.
Writing as someone who has been through real life challenges and has developed and learned as a result, the...
Self Awareness and Personal Development
Resources for Psychotherapists and Counsellors
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Personal development is integral to much counselling and psychotherapy training. Self-awareness and critical reflection are also vital for developing effective therapeutic relationships. This uniquely focused sourcebook offers a fascinating range of approaches to the challenging and sometimes elusive...
About a Body
Working with the Embodied Mind in Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
How does our body reveal us to ourselves?
The body can inform the work we do in mental health. This unique collection invites the reader to consider the way we think about the embodied mind, and how it can inform both our lives and our work in psychotherapy and counselling.
The body...
Feeling Queer or Queer Feelings?
Radical Approaches to Counselling Sex, Sexualities and Genders
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Feeling Queer or Queer Feelings? presents highly innovative and contemporary ideas for counsellors, counselling and clinical psychologists and psychotherapists to consider in their work with non-heterosexual clients.
Ground-breaking ideas are presented by new thinkers in the area for issues...
by Kirsten Amis
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
The boundaries of the therapeutic relationship are a crucial part of effective therapy. But understanding them, and the effects of power and responsibility, can be intimidating to trainee or newly-qualified therapists. This book will take step by step through everything they need to know to work...
Theory And Practice Of HIV Counselling
A Systemic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.