Stephen Palmer
Stephen Palmer Ph.D. is Honorary Professor of Psychology at City University, London and Director of the Centre for Stress Management, England.
Handbook of Counselling: Second Edition
This revised and expanded edition of the text provides a guide for counsellors and those using counselling skills in other professions. The contributors, all experienced practitioners, explore the... (more)
Counselling: the BACP Counselling Reader: Vol. 1
This comprehensive and stimulating Reader draws together key material which has been published in Counselling, the Journal of the British Association for Counselling, in recent years. Combining... (more)
Client Assessment
What information will help you assess the therapeutic needs of a client? Could you identify a suicidal client? How can you tell whether or not you are working with appropriate clients? Answering... (more)
Counselling for Stress Problems
This comprehensive guide views stress counselling and management from a multimodal perspective. Clear guidelines show practitioners how they can give their clients the most effective help for their... (more)
Counselling in a Multicultural Society
This book examines the many complex issues surrounding counselling and therapy in a multicultural society. It aims to sensitize readers to the cultural and racial setting in which counselling occurs,... (more)
Trauma and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
This is the first comprehensive reader in a new area of counselling. It brings together well-known authors on traumatic stress responses and good counselling practice, as well as new material... (more)
Integrative and Eclectic Counselling and Psychotherapy
An examination of the issues and ideas surrounding integration and eclecticism in a therapeutic context, and a detailed account of a range of approaches in use. Contributors introduce and explain the... (more)
Counselling: the BACP Counselling Reader: Vol. 2
This second volume is a unique collection of articles which convay the breadth and variety of counselling theory and practice. It provides direct access to the main theories, practices and issues... (more)
The Essential Skills for Setting Up a Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice
Many practitioners consider setting up in private practice at some point in their career, whether full-time or alongside other employment. This book provides comprehensive yet accessible coverage of... (more)
Race, Culture and Psychotherapy: Critical Perspectives in Multicultural Practice
This book provides a thorough critical examination of contemporary multiculturalism and culturalism, including discussion of the full range of issues, debates and controversies that are emerging in... (more)
Achieving Excellence in Your Coaching Practice: How to Run a Highly Successful Coaching Business
What are the essential skills needed to set up and run a successful coaching practice? Coaching is the new growth industry in the UK and coaching as a profession is increasingly becoming an... (more)
The Practitioner's Handbook
An essential guide to professional development written for qualified practitioners as well as those nearing the end of their training. Written in a friendly and informal style, this new text seeks to... (more)
Suicide: Strategies and Interventions for Reduction and Prevention
All practitioners working in the caring and helping professions face many challenges and questions when dealing with suicidal clients: Is this client being serious? Can I do more? What should I do?... (more)
The Coaching Relationship: Putting People First
Discusses how we can integrate process perspectives such as the quality of the coach-coachee relationship, and professional perspectives including the influences of training and supervision, for more... (more)
Developmental Coaching: Life Transitions and Generational Perspectives
Explores many of the common transition points we experience throughout life, including teenage transitions, becoming a parent, mid-life and retirement. This coaching book sets these transitions in... (more)
Solution Focused Coaching in Practice
A practical 'how-to' guide that provides an invaluable overview of Solution Focused Coaching skills and techniques. Reflecting upon published research on the solution-focused approach, Bill... (more)
How to Deal with Stress: Third Edition
Straightforward, easy to read and practical, How to Deal With Stress: Third Edition will put you back in charge of your life. Written by two internationally-recognized experts in the field of stress... (more)
The Beginner's Guide to Counselling and Psychotherapy: Second Edition
Are your students interested in the field of counselling and psychotherapy or just starting out in their training? If they are trying to get to grips with the many different approaches and decide... (more)
Multicultural Counselling: A Reader
Race is a complex and sensitive subject which has a direct and significant bearing on counselling. Multicultural Counselling provides insights and provokes debate about the impact of race and... (more)
Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice
Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice provides a comprehensive overview of positive psychology coaching, bringing together the best of science and practice, highlighting current research, and... (more)
The Heart of Coaching Supervision: Working with Reflection and Self-Care
The Heart of Coaching Supervision takes us on a journey that starts with understanding who we are, and why we do what we do the way we do it, so that we can help those we work with understand... (more)
Handbook of Coaching Psychology: A Guide for Practitioners
The Handbook of Coaching Psychology: A Guide for Practitioners provides a clear and extensive guide to the theory, research and practice of coaching psychology.
In this new and expanded... (more)
Introduction to Coaching Psychology
This collection featuring chapters by leading international practitioners will offer an introduction to coaching psychology for those new to it, including students, trainees, psychologists, and... (more)
Cognitive Behavioural Coaching in Practice: An Evidence Based Approach
This fully updated second edition of Cognitive Behavioural Coaching in Practice explores various aspects of coaching from within a cognitive behavioural framework. In response to the continued growth... (more)