Counselling Books
Developing Good Practice in Community Care: Partnership and Participation
Grounded in practice and located within relevant literature, this comprehensive resource presents examples of developments in the field of community care. (more)
A Short Journey into Trauma: Understanding and Coping with Post-Traumatic-Stress
This book aims to challenge and change unhelpful attitudes to those who suffer traumatic reactions, to show that they are not signs of weakness or a personality disorder and that there is... (more)
Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Second Edition
Eagerly awaited by many counsellors and psychotherapists, this new edition includes an updated preface, new content on recent research and new developments and debates around relational depth, and... (more)
Counselling Children: A Practical Introduction: Fifth Edition
The definitive guide to the skills and techniques used when working with children experiencing emotional problems, this book covers all you need to know about: * The goals for counselling children... (more)
Counselling Skills and Studies: Second Edition
Are your students looking to use counselling skills to enhance their existing helping role? Are they taking the first steps towards becoming a professional counsellor? This practical guide will... (more)
Mad or Bad?: A Critical Approach to Counselling and Forensic Psychology
A cutting-edge text that provides a comprehensive introduction to mental health problems and criminal behaviour, this book explores the link between mental health and criminality and considers the... (more)
Through a Trauma Lens: Transforming Health and Behavioral Health Systems
Through a Trauma Lens aims to understand and highlight successful examples of health, mental health, substance abuse treatment, and other service delivery systems that have implemented an integrated... (more)
Intentional Intervention in Counseling and Therapy: Goals and Process in Client Engagement
Intentional Intervention in Counseling and Therapy answers three questions: what heals in counseling and therapy and how? What actions in clinical decision making ensure an optimal outcome for the... (more)
Mastering the Financial Dimension of Your Psychotherapy Practice: The Definitive Resource for Private Practice
Written by two therapists with extensive business experience, Mastering the Financial Dimension of Your Psychotherapy Practice addresses the clinical and financial challenges of establishing and... (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)
Tools for Helpful Souls: Especially for Highly Sensitive People Who Provide Help Either on a Professional or Private Level
Highly sensitive people spend a lot of time trying to balance their surroundings, including the emotions and wellbeing of those around them, which lends to a supportive and caring nature. While... (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)
Practical Supervision for Counsellors Who Work with Young People
Counsellors working with young people often find it can feel like messy, complex work. What helps when counsellors are stuck? This book recalls those moments when supervision sessions have been... (more)
What Counsellors and Spiritual Directors Can Learn from Each Other: Ethical Practice, Training and Supervision
This new edited collection explores the intersection of spiritual direction and counselling/psychotherapy, and the relationship between the two. Citing the influencing effect prayer and counselling... (more)
A Guide to Graduate Programs in Counseling
Written for undergraduate students and other prospective counselors, A Guide to Graduate Programs in Counseling is the first of its kind to create a comprehensive, reliable means of learning about... (more)
Master Therapists: Exploring Expertise in Therapy and Counseling
In this 10th Anniversary text, Thomas M. Skovholt and Len Jennings paint an elaborate portrait of expert or master therapists. The book contains extensive qualitative research from three doctoral... (more)
Expertise in Counseling and Psychotherapy: Master Therapist Studies from Around the World
Thomas Skovholt and Len Jennings' landmark Master Therapists: Exploring Expertise in Therapy and Counseling was the first book to apply qualitative methodology to the study of validly selected expert... (more)
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)
A Global Portrait of Counselling Psychology
The official birth of counselling psychology is said to have occurred in 1951, when key United States leaders in what was then called the field of guidance and counselling formally adopted the terms... (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)
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)
Resource Focused Counselling and Psychotherapy: An Introduction
Therapists sometimes ask: What supports you in life? What gets you through difficult times? Our 'journey' in life relies on a range of resources to equip and fulfil us. Knowing about these resources,... (more)
Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Counseling Practice
This Cognitive Behavior Therapy text is brief, practical, comprehensive, and tailored just for counselors. Evidence-based CBT techniques are specifically adapted to counseling including... (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)
Women's Mental Health Across the Lifespan: Challenges, Vulnerabilities, and Strengths
Women's Mental Health Across the Lifespan examines women's mental health from a developmental perspective, looking at key stressors and strengths from adolescence to old age. Chapters focus in detail... (more)
Boundaries, Power and Ethical Responsibility in Counselling and Psychotherapy
The boundaries of the therapeutic relationship are a crucial part of effective therapy. But understanding them, and the effects of power and responsibility, can be intimidating to trainee or... (more)
Professional Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Ethics and the Law
Developing and maintaining a secure framework for professional practice is a core part of any counselling and psychotherapy training, as all therapists need to understand the key values, ethics and... (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)
An Introduction to Helping Skills: Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring
An Introduction to Helping Skills: Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring provides a full introduction to the theory and skills needed to work across the range of helping professions. Readers will be... (more)