Counselling Books
How to Survive as a Psychotherapist
Nina Coltart’s classic work, How to Survive as a Psychotherapist, was written over a quarter of a century ago and yet still resonates today with sage advice for the aspiring and established... (more)
Supervision in the Helping Professions: Fifth Edition
This globally bestselling provides a comprehensive guide to clinical supervision practice for helping professions from various disciplines. As there has been a strong growrh in research on... (more)
Diagnosis and Beyond: Counselling Psychology Contributions to Understanding Human Distress
Human distress is sometimes thought of as 'psychopathology', a thing separate to the person, that affects people; a thing that can be diagnosed, treated and hopefully cured. This mindset leads... (more)
Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Mockingbird
Intersections of Privilege and Otherness in Counselling and Psychotherapy presents an in-depth understanding of the role of privilege, and of the unconscious experience of privilege and difference... (more)
Setting Up and Running a Therapy Business: Essential Questions and Answers
Setting Up and Running a Therapy Business provides a succinct, practical, and accessible guide for counsellors starting out in private practice as well as for more experienced practitioners who would... (more)
Before You See Your First Client: 55 Things Counselors, Therapists, and Human Service Workers Need to Know
Before You See Your First Client begins where courses, workshops, training seminars, and textbooks leave off, providing a candid, behind-the-scenes look at the fields of therapy, counseling, and... (more)
Overcoming Everyday Racism: Building Resilience and Wellbeing in the Face of Discrimination and Microaggressions
This enlightening and reflective guide studies the psychological impact of racism and discrimination on BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) people and offers steps to improve wellbeing. It... (more)
An Introduction to the Therapeutic Frame
Designed for psychotherapists and counsellors in training, An Introduction to the Therapeutic Frame clarifies the concept of the frame - the way of working set out in the first meeting between... (more)
The Presenting Past: The Core Of Psychodynamic Counselling and Therapy: Fourth Edition
A person's past is ever present, from infancy to old age, and it always affects the dynamics of therapy and the therapist-patient relationship. Written by one of the most-cited counselling authors in... (more)
The Business Of Therapy: How To Run A Successful Private Practice
"How could I engage with him as a therapist, there was a dead plant in the hall - if he can't even keep a plant alive, how could he possibly help me?" This practical, accessible guide, written by a... (more)
Handbook of Professional and Ethical Practice for Psychologists, Counsellors and Psychotherapists: Third Edition
This exciting new edition provides an overview of the main professional, ethical and research issues that are required knowledge for counsellors, therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists engaging... (more)
Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression: 2nd Edition
This practical book focuses on humanistic counselling as an evidence-based psychological intervention and it is an essential read for trainees wishing to work in public health settings. Coverage... (more)
An Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy
This bestseller provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of counselling and psychotherapy. This new edition has been thoroughly updated with new research, examples from... (more)
Counselling Class and Politics: Undeclared influences in therapy
Anne's motivation for writing Counselling, Class and Politics back in 1996, was `to persuade readers to the view that politics and political ideas matter in counselling'. This new edition of the work... (more)
Skills in Transactional Analysis Counselling and Pschotherapy
This is a practical introduction to a uniquely comprehensive therapeutic approach, which combines theories of the mind, emotions, behaiour and bodily experience. (more)
Out of This World: Suicide Examined
This book is intended for anyone with either an interest in suicide or suicidal behaviour. It is not aimed solely at the professional psychotherapist but at a broad range of professionals who... (more)
Counselling Children: A Practical Introduction: Fifth Edition
The definitive guide to the skills and techniques used when working with children experiencing emotional problems, this book covers all you need to know about: * The goals for counselling children... (more)
Psychodynamic Counselling in Action: Fifth Edition
This substantially revised fifth edition of a classic text includes an updated preface, new content on the therapeutic relationship, substantially revised chapters on the middle phase of counselling... (more)
Skills in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy: Second Edition
Updated in a second edition, the book includes a new chapter on neuropsychology and its implications for theory and practice, new content on working in the NHS and other settings, additional case... (more)
Social Constructionism: Third Edition
Now in its third edition, this successful book introduces students to the area of social science theory and research known as social constructionism. Using a variety of examples from everyday... (more)
Gestalt Counselling in Action: Fourth Edition
Petruska Clarkson's classic text is the definitive introduction to Gestalt therapy. This fourth edition, updated by Simon Cavicchia, covers the latest in Gestalt theory, research and practice.... (more)
Counselling Skills for Working with Trauma: Healing From Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse
A practical, introductory guide to counselling survivors of child abuse, neglect, rape, sexual violence, sexual trafficking, religious sexual abuse, and domestic abuse. Written in an accessible... (more)
Person-Centred Counselling in Action: Fourth Edition
It is now 25 years since the first edition of Person-Centred Counselling in Action appeared, offering the definitive exposition of the theory and practice of the person-centred approach. Since then... (more)
What Can the Matter Be?: Therapeutic Interventions with Parents, Infants and Young Children
This volume is the result of over twenty years of therapeutic interventions with families within the Tavistock Clinic's Under Fives Service. It describes in detail the process of understanding young... (more)
An Introduction to Psychodynamic Counselling
This key book in the Basic Texts in Counselling and Psychotherapy series is an authoritative and accessible introduction to psychodynamic counselling and its basic principles. The author, Laurence... (more)
Counselling Skills for Working with Gender Diversity and Identity
For any student or practitioner needing to gain a sound understanding of the complex fields of gender variance, gender identity and gender dysphoria, this book provides the ideal starting point for... (more)
Transforming Emotion: Conversations in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Starting from the position that there is no universal story of emotion necessarily acceptable to all cultures, Fredman offers a repertoire of possibilities to talk about feelings, share understanding... (more)
Mad or Bad?: A Critical Approach to Counselling and Forensic Psychology
A cutting-edge text that provides a comprehensive introduction to mental health problems and criminal behaviour, this book explores the link between mental health and criminality and considers the... (more)
Professional Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Ethics and the Law
Developing and maintaining a secure framework for professional practice is a core part of any counselling and psychotherapy training, as all therapists need to understand the key values, ethics and... (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)