Counselling Books
Personal Consultancy: A Model for Integrating Counselling and Coaching
Making the case for an integrated approach to the practices of counselling, psychotherapy and coaching, Personal Consultancy provides a coherent and systematic framework for working with clients.... (more)
Thinking of Becoming a Counsellor?
If you are thinking of becoming a counsellor, you may be wondering if you could put to good use your own life experience by offering support and understanding to those trying to cope with... (more)
Critical Thinking in Counselling and Psychotherapy
This innovative new textbook examines the critical debates around key topics in counselling and psychotherapy. In nine sections - including Everyday Counselling Practice, Training and Curriculum... (more)
Being White in the Helping Professions: Developing Effective Intercultural Awareness
In this reflective yet practical book, the author challenges white helping professionals to recognize their own cultural identity and the impact it has when practising in a multicultural environment.... (more)
Counselling for Death and Dying: Person-centred Dialogues
What happens to a person emotionally, psychologically and spiritually when confronted by the reality of the death of a loved one, the impending death of someone close to them, or their own death? As... (more)
Models of Care for Drug Service Provision
'Models of Care for Drug Service Provision' encourages a greater understanding of the Models of Care system, and how it can be used in the interest of clients health and well-being. It describes the... (more)
Supervision: Questions and Answers for Counsellors and Therapists
Supervision is a prerequisite for all counsellors, and for most psychotherapists, yet until recently it has been assumed that any experienced counsellor or therapist could become a supervisor without... (more)
Counselling the Person Beyond the Alcohol Problem
At the heart of Richard Bryant-Jefferies' work with problem drinkers is his belief in the power and effectiveness of the person-centred approach to counselling. He suggests that many alcohol problems... (more)
In and out of care: The experiences of children, parents and social workers
A unique insight into the workings of the child care system, based on the testimony of children, parents, and workers in the field. 150 pages. (more)
Counselling Difficult Clients
Counsellors and other mental health professionals will inevitably encounter clients who are difficult to work with because they do not comply with the basic requirements of forming a trusting... (more)
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)
Developing Counsellor Supervision
Supervision is a professional and ethical necessity for all counsellors, providing them with consultative and supportive aid while protecting clients from potential abuse - yet relatively little has... (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)
The Therapeutic Use of Self: Counselling Practice, Research and Supervision: Second Edition
The Therapeutic Use of Self has continued, since its publication in 1999, to be considered a key text within integrative, humanistic and relational approaches for the training and development of... (more)
Nature and Therapy: Understanding Counselling and Psychotherapy in Outdoor Spaces
Recent decades have seen an increasing interest in the healing and therapeutic potential of nature and interest in the potential of greencare interventions for the benefit of mental health. The field... (more)
Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy
This contemporary introduction provides a comprehensive survey of past and present existential ideas, philosophers and practice. Darren Langdridge makes existential therapy accessible through clear... (more)
Key Issues for Counselling in Action: Second Edition
Effective counselling is based on a strong working relationship between counsellor and client. Building and maintaining this therapeutic alliance, demands both skill and an ability to negotiate... (more)
Counselling for Eating Disorders in Women: Person-Centred Dialogues
Focuses on women whose eating patterns have generated side-effects on other aspects of their lives such as work, health and family. This book is useful for trainees and experienced counsellors,... (more)
Psychoanalytic Theory for Social Work Practice: Thinking Under Fire
Written by practicing social workers and social work educators this text analyses psychoanalytic and psychosocial approaches to social work and relates them to current practices and values. Focusing... (more)
Gestalt Therapy: History, Theory and Practice
Gestalt Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice is a basic, introductory text, written by major Gestalt theorists, that will engage those new to Gestalt therapy. Editors Ansel Woldt and Sarah M. Toman... (more)
Younger People with Dementia: Planning, Practice and Development
This text addresses the subject of younger people with dementia as a topic in its own right (more)
Experiences of Counselling in Action
What is the experience of counselling from the perspectives of both client and counsellor? What can be learned for the practice of counselling from an understanding of how it feels to be a client or... (more)
Training and Supervision for Counselling in Action
This accessible book explores the issues involved in both the training and supervision of counsellors and in the preparation of those who are to undertake supervisory and training roles. The number... (more)
Counselling Individuals: A Rational Emotive Behavioural Handbook: Fourth Edition
This book outlines the major strategies and techiques that are most closely associated with REBT and is primarily intended for those who work in a counselling role with individuals who are not... (more)
Depressive Realism: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Depressive Realism argues that people with mild-to-moderate depression have a more accurate perception of reality than non-depressives. Depressive Realism is a worldview of human existence that is... (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)
An Introduction to the Therapeutic Relationship in Counselling and Psychotherapy
The therapeutic relationship is considered to be the most significant factor in achieving positive therapeutic change. As such, it is essential that trainee and practising therapists are able to... (more)
Understanding Counselling and Psychotherapy
Focuses on common problems such as anxiety and depression, exploring how different therapeutic approaches understand and work with them. Counselling and psychotherapy are considered within the wider... (more)