Counselling Books
Relationship-based Social Work: Discovering the Heart of Practice
Relationship-based practice is founded on the idea that human relationships are of paramount importance and should be at the heart of all good social work practice. This book provides a thorough... (more)
On Becoming a Group Member: Personal Growth and Effectiveness in Group Counseling
Takes the insightful perspective that learning to be an effective group member is an important part of becoming an effective group leader. This book expands on the individual, practical, and... (more)
Anger Management: An Anger Management Training Package for Individuals with Disabilities
The training program consists of 12 fully-scripted sessions, dealing with topics such as, recognising feelings of anger, learning to relax and think calmly, and being assertive and handling problems... (more)
Care-Giving in Dementia: Research and Application: Volume 4
Dealing with the field of care-giving in dementia, this book presents the developments in its diagnosis, treatment and care. It covers topics, such as: visuo-perceptual changes in Alzheimer's... (more)
Adlerian Lifestyle Counseling: Practice and Research
Lifestyle counseling is an approach that draws heavily from Adlerian Individual Psychology, focusing on the unique total behavior pattern of a patient, including thinking, feeling, and acting, across... (more)
Sex and Sexuality: Questions and Answers
This book bridges the gap between the counsellor and the specialist sex therapist, by providing answers to questions raised by patients or clients about sex, gender and sexuality. It covers... (more)
Voices of Bereavement: Casebook for Grief Counsellors
Built on the premise that individuals and family members can be helped through their bereavement experience and that there are specific skills and interventions that guide a counsellor in this work,... (more)
What's the Good of Counselling and Psychotherapy? The Benefits Explained
`There is much here to stir up the reluctant practitioner to explain themselves and their practice more ably and, better still, to promote and defend our profession' - The Revd John Eatock,... (more)
The Pastoral Counselling Treatment Planner
This sourcebook provides a selection of treatment plan components (behavioral definitions, long-term goals, short-term objectives, therapeutic and DSM-IV diagnoses) for spiritual problems, and life... (more)
Models of collaboration: A guide for mental health professionals working with health care practitioners
A guide for Mental Health Professionals working with Health Care Practitioners (more)
The Counselling approach to careers guidance
This volume uses detailed case material to show how counselling strategies can be used with clients seeking careers guidance. It offers advice on structuring interviews, and discusses important... (more)
Young children, parents and professionals: Enhancing the links in early childhood
As early education and child care increase, parents and professionals face many questions. This book proposes three dimensions of care giving behaviour, by which parents and professionals can help... (more)
Personal Construct Counselling in Action: Second Edition
Outlines the main principles of personal construct counselling. The authors attempt to help both counsellor and client by describing the range of methods available to help the client discover more... (more)
Evidence-Based Counselling and Psychological Therapies: Research and Applications
This volume assesses the impact of the international drive towards evidence-based health care on NHS policy and the provision of the psychological services in the NHS. Contributors provide an... (more)
Good Practice in Working with Victims of Violence
Drawing on the experiences of practitioners from a range of backgrounds, this text is a comprehensive study of real or threatened physical violence and its consequences. Personal accounts of children... (more)
Sexuality and Women with Learning Disabilities
A study of women with mild or moderate learning disabilities, investigating these women's experiences of sexual life, derived from research based on interviews with the women themselves. 288 pages. (more)
Disability: controversial debates and psychosocial perspectives
An essential guide for anyone working with or studying disability, mental health, and learning difficulties. The book examines a range of theories and practices in relation to disability. The focus... (more)
Practical counselling and helping:
A practical, jargon-free guide to counselling, this text offers clear information about how counselling and helping may be put into practice, whilst acknowledging and discussing its limitations. 147... (more)
Counselling women in violent relationships
This practical and comprehensive handbook guides the reader through the reality of the serious and very common problem of violence against women. 200 pages. (more)
Art Therapy and Career Counseling: Creative Strategies for Career Development Across the Lifespan
Art Therapy and Career Counseling is a comprehensive career development guide that offers creative approaches for understanding, assessing, and supporting ethical career development... (more)
My Black Motherhood: Mental Health, Stigma, Racism and the System
Joyful. Graceful. Blessed. Strong. Anxious. Depressed. Stigmatised. Stereotyped.
What happens when motherhood isn't what you expected - and when you reach out for support, you are met with... (more)
Outcome Measures and Evaluation in Counselling and Psychotherapy
This book sets in context the role of outcome measurement research - taking you step-by-step through the research process and beyond to consider the wider professional and ethical issues involved.... (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)