Counselling Books
Introduction to the Counseling Profession: Seventh Edition
Designed for students who are taking a preliminary course in the counseling field, Introduction to the Counseling Profession: Seventh Edition provides a comprehensive overview of the history and... (more)
Sex, God, and the Conservative Church: Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy
Sex, God, and the Conservative Church guides psychotherapy and sexology clinicians on how to treat clients who grew up in a conservative faith mired in sexual shame and dysfunction and who... (more)
How Animals Help Students Learn: Research and Practice for Educators and Mental Health Professionals
How Animals Help Students Learn summarizes what we know about the impact of animals in education and synthesizes the thinking of prominent leaders in research and practice. It's a much-needed... (more)
Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Elements of Effective Practice
Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Elements of Effective Practice is a core text for introductory courses on clinical mental health counseling. The text opens with an introduction to the history and... (more)
Handbook of Counseling Women: Second Edition
The second edition's table of contents has been reorganized into nine sections, with a brand new introductory section called Women's Voices: Personal Perspectives on Professional Contributions. A new... (more)
The Art of Jewish Pastoral Counseling: A Guide for All Faiths
The Art of Jewish Pastoral Counseling provides a clear, practical guide to working with congregants in a range of settings and illustrates the skills and core principles needed for effective pastoral... (more)
Counseling Children and Adolescents: Connecting Theory, Development, and Diversity
Adopting a broad approach which encompasses a range of ages, approaches, and interventions that are applicable to varied settings the authors have laid out an integrated framework that focuses on... (more)
Career Counselling: Constructivist Approaches: Second Edition
Due to the increasing demand for career guidance in recent years, career counsellors have been challenged to modernise their practice. As a response to the rapidly changing world of work, with more... (more)
The School-Based Counselling Primer: A Concise, Accessible Introduction
School-based counselling is high on the health and education policy agendas. Every major political party has declared its belief in the importance of school-based counselling to the wellbeing of... (more)
Making the Most of Counselling and Psychotherapy Placements
Struggling to secure the right counselling or psychotherapy placement for you? Unsure of how to deal with complex challenges or how to make sure you get the most out of your placement? Then you have... (more)
Improving Mental Health Through Social Support: Building Positive and Empowering Relationships
Social support is the everyday assistance offered by family, friends, neighbours and colleagues, as well as the foundations of support in a range of non-clinical settings, and plays a vital role in a... (more)
Therapy, Culture and Spirituality: Developing Therapeutic Practice
At times there is reluctance, even a taboo, to talk about how race, culture, religion and spirituality affect us. Yet the whole point of 'talking therapies' is to invite people to express and reflect... (more)
Self-Care for the Mental Health Practitioner: The Theory, Research and Practice of Preventing and Addressing the Occupational Hazards of the Profession
This book provides a comprehensive resource on self-care for those working in the field of psychotherapy.
Beginning with an exploration of the role and duties of the mental health practitioner,... (more)
Neuroscience for Counsellors: Practical Applications for Counsellors, Therapists and Mental Health Practitioners
This is an invaluable resource for counsellors and therapists looking to reinvigorate their practice and enhance their understanding of clients' needs. Each chapter focuses on different discoveries... (more)
Therapy with Children and Young People: Integrative Counselling in Schools and Other Settings
Counselling with Children and Young People provides a distinctive focus on child therapy in school settings, addressing in a unique level of detail. The authors adopt a broad ecosystematic,... (more)
Narrative Counseling in Schools: Powerful and Brief: Second Edition
Narrative counselling in schools is based on the premise that stories, rather than hard-nosed realities, shape our lives. By changing the stories that negatively label and define students, we help... (more)
Effective Counselling with Young People
This book examines key theoretical counselling perspectives and applies these specifically to work with young people. It establishes how to build counselling relationships in order to support young... (more)
Therapeutic Encounter: A Cross-modality Approach
The therapeutic relationship is at the core of counselling training and practice, regardless of therapeutic approach. This book usefully introduces a cross-modality approach to the therapist-client... (more)
Voices from the Field: Defining Moments in Counselor and Therapist Development
All professional counselors can identify a number of key turning points in their careers: moments, interactions, and processes that crystallized key realizations for them regarding their practice... (more)
Introduction to Counselling Survivors of Interpersonal Trauma
Victims of sexual and physical trauma can feel lost and disconnected from themselves and others. This new book explains how counsellors can restore connection to self and others, and facilitate... (more)
God Image Handbook for Spiritual Counseling and Psychotherapy: Research, Theory, and Practice
Learn seven clinical approaches to working with the God image in psychotherapy Each person has two ideas of God - the God concept and the God image. The God concept is intellectual in nature, while... (more)
Relationship Counselling for Children, Young People and Families
Presents a practical skills-based introduction to relationship counselling. This title covers couple counselling for parents, whole family counselling and counselling for children and young people... (more)
Counselling and Reflexive Research in Healthcare: Working Therapeutically with Clients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Written for counsellors working in healthcare settings who want to develop their knowledge and undertake research, this book explores the range of benefits that can be generated by undertaking... (more)
A Short Introduction to Counselling Psychology
This book concisely brings together a wide range of relevant information related to the therapeutic practice of counselling psychology, written through the lens of direct practitioner experience. The... (more)
Dyslexia and Counselling
While much has been written about dyslexia and literacy, little has been written about dyslexia and counselling. Good counselling remediates problems in relationships. Good teaching remediates... (more)
The Counselor's Companion: What Every Beginning Counselor Needs to Know
Provides new counsellors with a way to bridge the gap between what they learned in the classroom and the challenges they will meet in their practice. This volume covers answers to common questions... (more)
Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients
Reflecting on the implications of changes in our society, including political struggles for gay civil unions, marriage, and adoption rights, this volume focuses on the complex cultural contexts of... (more)
Psychotherapy and Counselling for Depression: Third Edition
"Psychotherapy and Counselling for Depression: Third Edition", is an introduction to the subject of depression and the counselling strategies used to help people who are suffering from this most... (more)
Counselling Supervision in Organisations: Professional and Ethical Dilemmas Explored
This book brings together the cultures of counselling and supervision and their relation to organisational cultures, providing an understanding of the employment processes for counselling supervisors... (more)
Handbook of Racial-Cultural Psychology and Counseling:
This two-volume handbook offers a thorough treatment of the concepts and theoretical developments concerning how to apply cultural knowledge in theory and practice to various racial and cultural... (more)