Counselling Books
Cultural Diversity, Mental Health and Psychiatry: The Struggle Against Racism
According to the National Service Framework for mental health published by the Department of Health in 1999, black and minority ethnic communities have little confidence in mental health services.... (more)
Collaboration in Social Work Practice
The authors explain how practitioners in social care, health and related sectors can work more effectively together in line with current developments in policy and practice, offering a critical... (more)
An introduction to workplace counselling: A practitioner's guide
This practical guide to counselling and the particular demands of the workplace setting covers basic practice issues central to all therapeutic work, including the relationship between theory and... (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)
Counselling a Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse: A Person-Centred Dialogue
This book provides a vivid insight into working with a client who is a survivor of child sexual abuse. Using fictitious dialogue it illustrates the person-centred approach and relates it to how... (more)
Egan's Skilled Helper Model: Developments and Applications in Counselling
The skilled helper model of counselling is hugely influential in the helping professions. "Egan's Skilled Helper Model" brings a number of new and challenging perspectives to bear on Egan's work and... (more)
Counselling Adults with Learning Disabilities
Taking a psychodynamic approach, Counselling Adults with Learning Disabilities describes current theoretical ideas in this area. Theories are described in an accessible way, with detailed examples... (more)
Bullying Among Prisoners: Evidence, Research and Intervention
Bullying in prisons can have severe consequences, both for those directly involved and for the prison regime as a whole, yet the subject has been curiously neglected in literature. Since the first... (more)
Counselling in Schools
This is a practical, contemporary guide to providing effective counsellng support within school settings. Recognising the very specific nature of this area of counselling practice and the uniqueness... (more)
Counseling Persons of African Descent: Raising the Bar of Practitioner Competence
This represents a major breakthrough in scholarship on African American psychology. An important work for counseling professionals as well as for students in social work and counseling programs. It... (more)
Brief Counselling: Narratives and Solutions
This book presents both solution focused and narrative approaches to brief counselling. Acknowledging the expertise of ordinary people in devising solutions to their problems, it reflects the current... (more)
Essential Counselling and Therapy Skills: Skilled Client Model
A step-by-step guide to therapeutic work using the'skilled client model'. Central to this innovative approach, is the assumption that the skill of counsellors and therapists lies in their capacity to... (more)
Multicultural Counselling: A Reader
Race is a complex and sensitive subject which has a direct and significant bearing on counselling. Multicultural Counselling provides insights and provokes debate about the impact of race and... (more)
Human Relationship Skills
A practical 'how to' guide to relationship skills, showing how readers can improve and, where necessary, repair relationships. This thoroughly revised and updated 4th edition reflects the increased... (more)