Counselling Books
Telling sexual stories: Power, change and social worlds
Explores the rites of a sexual story-telling culture. Taking three major examples - rape stories, coming-out stories and recovery stories - this book examines the nature of these newly emerging... (more)
Integrative Approaches to Supervision
As new techniques and approaches to supervision attract interest within therapy-related professions, the contributors to this informative book consider the nature of a supervision and examine the... (more)
Peer support in action: From bystanding to standing by
Peer support systems are increasingly being used in schools and other youth settings to tackle problems such as bullying, rejection, social exclusion, sexual identity, self-esteem and loneliness.... (more)
Understanding the counselling relationship
This balanced, informative, and clear book puts the therapeutic - or in this case, counselling - relationship into context, and will be of great interest and value to everyone training or practising... (more)
What is Counselling?
For those seeking an honest appraisal of the activity and profession of counselling, the author of this rigorous examination of the talking therapies asks such key questions as: How has counselling... (more)
Learning and Teaching in Social Work: Towards Reflective Practice
Addresses contemporary themes in the post-professional education of social workers and related professionals. The book focuses on the nature of professional education, its changing epistemological... (more)
Long-Term Counselling
This work encourages trainee counsellors and practitioners to think about long-term work, identifying working parameters and issues of definition. It focuses on managing the work, and discusses the... (more)
Person-centred counselling: An experiential approach
A presentation of ideas about person-centred theory and practice, all grounded in self-awareness of both client and counsellor. Emphasis is placed on the counsellor / client relationship in areas... (more)
Decisional Dialogues in a Cultural Context: Structured Exercises
Cultivating sensitivity to ethnographic, demographic, status and affiliation differences between people, this practical and creative resource provides a workbook approach to learning interviewing... (more)
Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Many counselling and psychotherapy researchers are suspicious of the pronouncements of practitioners because they are not backed up by research. Similarly, practitioners tend to ignore research... (more)
Handbook of Counselling in Organizations
The book provides a thorough and detailed examination of the key areas and concerns of counselling in organizations. It is a practical and accessible work and will be invaluable to students and... (more)
Digital Play Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide to Comfort and Competence: Second Edition
The newly updated Digital Play Therapy focuses on the responsible integration of technology into play therapy during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
With respect for the many different... (more)
Counseling Toward Solutions: A Practical, Solution-Focused Program for Working with Students, Teachers, and Parents
This book provides a solution-focused approach to working alongside students, parents, and teachers that decreases misbehaviors, encourages mental health and growth mindset in students, and provides... (more)
The Temporal Dimension in Counselling and Psychotherapy: A Journey in Time
The Temporal Dimension in Counselling and Psychotherapy looks at time as an intangible phenomenon that is culturally created, historically framed but only individually understood. Examining our... (more)
How to Survive Counsellor Training: An A-Z Guide
This A-Z guide tackles the most daunting issues that counsellors face on the journey to becoming qualified. From choosing a course to writing a report, the book explains topics in bite-sized chunks,... (more)
Anti-Oppressive Counseling and Psychotherapy
In Anti-Oppressive Counseling and Psychotherapy, Jason D. Brown examines the impact of structural inequality on mental health and provides a framework for an anti-oppressive practice that recognizes... (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)
Spirituality and Religion in Counseling: Competency-Based Strategies for Ethical Practice
Spirituality and Religion in Counseling provides mental health professionals and counselors in training with practical information for understanding and responding to clients' needs using a spiritual... (more)
The Counselling of Couples in Health Care Settings: A Handbook for Clinicians
This handbook is aimed at clinicians wanting to cousel couples in hospital, community or domestic settings. Its focus is on helping the reader to form an alliance with the couple to maintain or... (more)
Postnatal Depression and Maternal Mental Health: A Handbook for Frontline Caregivers Working with Women with Perinatal Mental Health Difficulties
Postnatal Depression and Maternal Mental Health: A Handbook for Frontline Caregivers Working with Women with Perinatal Mental Health Difficulties is an accessible handbook that is intended to support... (more)
Safeguarding Adults Online: A Guide for Social Workers
Readers of this evidence-informed, practical guide will learn how to understand and identify online risks, critically evaluate relevant online safeguarding issues on a case-by-case basis and develop... (more)
Developing Empathy: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Understanding Compassion for Therapists and Parents
Empathy is valued across cultures, and has a profound impact on psychotherapy, our children, and our world. Why then are many human relationships not empathetic? This volume describes in detail the... (more)
Hopes & Dreams - Developing Potential: A Practical Approach to Developing Potential
This practical resource provides the tools to help individuals explore their ambitions, set goals and plan to achieve them, manage their lives and gain the skills to make their hopes and dreams a... (more)
Stillpoints for Children: Guided Relaxation, Meditation and Visualisation
Research shows that the stress points in children's daily lives are on the increase and can have a negative impact on their ability to learn, relate to others and to themselves. This practical... (more)
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)