Counselling Books
Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology
North America's Indigenous population is a vulnerable group, with specific psychological and healing needs that are not widely met in the mental health care system. Indigenous peoples face certain... (more)
Sexuality Counseling: Theory, Research, and Practice
Providing a comprehensive, research- and theory-based approach to sexuality counseling, Sexuality Counseling is grounded in an integrative, multi-level conceptual framework that addresses the various... (more)
Person-Centred Therapy: 100 Key Points: Second Edition
Person-centred therapy, rooted in the experience and ideas of the eminent psychotherapist Carl Rogers, is widely practised in the UK and throughout the world. It has applications in health and social... (more)
The Reality Game: A Guide to Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy: Third Edition
In the years since it was first published, The Reality Game has become a classic text. For all those training and practising in humanistic and integrative psychotherapy is it an essential guide to... (more)
Personal and Professional Development for Counsellors, Psychotherapists and Mental Health Practitioners
This book provides a comprehensive, accessible and research-informed approach to personal development issues associated with the role of a counsellor, therapist or mental health practitioner. Written... (more)
Cognitive Behavioural Counselling in Action: Third Edition
This best-selling, practical, evidence-based guide to the cognitive behavioural approach takes you step-by-step through the process of counselling, from initial contact with the client to termination... (more)
Basic Counselling Skills: A Helper's Manual: Fourth Revised Edition
A practical introduction for anyone using counselling skills, formally or informally, in their profession, and for trainee counsellors taking the first steps in their career. Written by leading... (more)
The Handbook of Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy
A practical resource that your students can return to again and again to guide and coordinate their pluralistic practice, it provides:
*Hands-on guidance to developing pluralistic practice:... (more)
Introduction to Career Counselling and Coaching
This book offers a practical introduction for those training in the field of career development, career counselling and career coaching, this book will take your students through established and... (more)
A Short Introduction to Understanding and Supporting Children and Young People Who Self-Harm
Self-harm and suicidal behaviours are increasingly common in young people, but are often hidden. It can be hard to know what might be causing a young person to self-harm, and how to help and support... (more)
Building Happiness, Resilience and Motivation in Adolescents: A Positive Psychology Curriculum for Well-Being
Positive psychology focuses on building strengths and developing creative and positive thinking in order to boost happiness, well-being and achievement. It helps people to be motivated, maintain... (more)
What Children Need to be Happy, Confident and Successful: Step by Step Positive Psychology to Help Children Flourish
What makes children happy, confident and successful? How can you help a child to flourish? Their environment is important, but the real difference is in your hands - every adult has the tools to help... (more)
How to Give Clients the Skills to Stop Panic Attacks: Don't Forget to Breathe
How to Give Clients the Skills to Stop Panic Attacks shows how it is possible to prevent and abort a panic attack through lifestyle change and mind-body relaxation. Presenting an effective approach... (more)
Understanding Adult Survivors of Domestic Violence in Childhood: Still Forgotten, Still Hurting
Domestic violence experienced in childhood continues to have an enduring emotional impact into adulthood. The scars it leaves can impact on family lives, employment, and long-term emotional and... (more)
In Living Color: An Intercultural Approach to Pastoral Care and Counseling
The meaning of pastoral care in modern multicultural societies is challenged and re-examined from a pluralistic, global perspective in this book. Emmanuel Lartey stresses the importance of... (more)
Using Mental Imagery in Counselling and Psychotherapy: A Guide to More Inclusive Theory and Practice
The therapeutic potential of working with clients' mental images is widely acknowledged, yet there is still little in the counselling and psychotherapy literature on more inclusive approaches to the... (more)
The Future of Psychological Therapy: From Managed Care to Transformational Practice
The psychotherapy and counselling profession has recently experienced far-reaching changes because of the development of evidence-based medicine and managed care systems. The Future of Psychological... (more)
Working with Dual Diagnosis: A Psychosocial Perspective
Taking a unique perspective, this book argues for a psychosocial approach to dual diagnosis and draws on this to highlight practice skills with specific groups including individuals, families and... (more)
Short-Term Counselling in Higher Education: Context, Theory and Practice
As demand for counselling from students across Higher Education (HE) increases year on year, counselling services are continually seeking to explore creative ways of working under the pressure that... (more)
Communication Skills for Working with Children and Young People: Introducing Social Pedagogy
For those working with children, effective communication is a crucial part of building relationships and encouraging children's emotional and intellectual development. This practical guide identifies... (more)
Safeguarding Children from Abroad: Refugee, Asylum Seeking and Trafficked Children in the UK
Children from abroad who are alone in the UK are vulnerable and at increased risk of harm without the care and protection of their parents or caregivers. They may be unaccompanied asylum seekers,... (more)
Mastering Whole Family Assessment in Social Work: Balancing the Needs of Children, Adults and Their Families
How do you keep the whole family in mind when carrying out social work assessment? How do you balance the needs of adults and children? How do you ensure that children's welfare and safety are... (more)
How to Get Kids Offline, Outdoors, and Connecting with Nature: 200+ Creative Activities to Encourage Self-esteem, Mindfulness, and Wellbeing
Full of ideas, activities and exercises, this book provides imaginative ways to inspire young people to put down the computer games, disconnect from social media, and spend more time away from a... (more)
Researching Lesser-Explored Issues in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Peter Madsen Gubi and Valda Swinton have brought together important research into little-explored topics that are applicable to the field of counselling and psychotherapy. Each contributor has... (more)
Values and Ethics in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Understanding values and ethics is a core part of any counselling training and students need to develop an ethical awareness that they can apply throughout the counselling process. Gillian Proctor... (more)
The Therapeutic Relationship in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Unravelling the issues surrounding the therapeutic relationship, this book highlights the importance of the relationship itself, of the client as a proactive agent in the process, and of the need for... (more)
Introduction to Counseling: An Art and Science Perspective: Fifth Edition
Introduction to Counseling by Michael Scott Nystul provides an overview of counseling and the helping professions from the perspective of art and science - the science of counseling that generates a... (more)
Creative Arts in Counseling and Mental Health
Drawing on new paradigms and evidence-based discoveries in neuroscience, narrative psychology, and creativity theory, Creative Arts in Counseling and Mental Health by Philip Neilsen, Robert King, and... (more)
Cognitive Behavioral Approaches for Counselors
Written from the common factors perspective, this scholarly yet engaging book introduces the historical development, process, evaluation, and application methods of Albert Ellis' Rational Emotive... (more)
Person-Centered Approaches for Counselors
Integrating common factors research and practice, Person-Centered Approaches for Counselors highlights the deep social justice roots of the approaches and shows counselors in training and experienced... (more)