Counselling Books
Mindful Counselling and Psychotherapy: Practising Mindfully Across Approaches and Issues
This book breaks new ground by relating mindfulness to all of the other therapeutic approaches, across all the common presenting problems in counselling and psychotherapy. Mindfulness is increasingly... (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)
Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals: A Practical Guide
Questions of sexuality and gender affect everyone and therefore have an inevitable relevance in the consulting room. Yet with interpretations and manifestations of both varying greatly from person to... (more)
What You Really Need to Know About Counselling and Psychotherapy Training: An Essential Guide
Becoming a counsellor or psychotherapist is a transformative and life-changing experience. Some trainees manage this process well, while others struggle to come to terms with the personal impact of... (more)
Counselling Skills for Working with Trauma: Healing From Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse
A practical, introductory guide to counselling survivors of child abuse, neglect, rape, sexual violence, sexual trafficking, religious sexual abuse, and domestic abuse. Written in an accessible... (more)
School Counsellors Working with Young People and Staff: A Whole-School Approach
What is it like to work as a counsellor in schools? What relationship might a counsellor have with staff? How can a counsellor become a positive, integral part of school life? In this book, Nick... (more)
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)
Telephone Counselling: A Handbook for Practitioners
The use of the telephone as a tool for counselling is increasingly appealing, providing clients with a service that combines accessibility and convenience. But how can practitioners ensure the same... (more)
The Handbook of Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling: Second Edition
Building on the success of the first edition, this substantially revised and extended new edition is set to remain the most in-depth and wide-ranging book available on person-centred psychotherapy... (more)
Finding Love in the Looking Glass: A Book of Counselling Case Stories
Never has there been such a hunger to understand relationships, both with our self and with others, and this book contains valuable insights into the fascinating and dynamic dialogues between clients... (more)
Counselling Skills For Dummies: Second Edition
Discover the practical skills for helping others. Whether you are considering becoming a counsellor, have to provide some form of counselling as part of your job, or are simply interested in... (more)
Being and Relating in Psychotherapy: Ontology and Therapeutic Practice
Clients who seek therapy often feel they are struggling with their whole being: their emotional, physical, relational and social selves. Understanding this is crucial to developing a successful... (more)
Understanding Research in Counselling
Many counselling courses have a strong research element built into the modules and students are expected to gain a thorough understanding of research issues early on in their studies. This accessible... (more)
Hope in Counselling and Psychotherapy
It has long been understood that engendering 'hope' is at the heart of the very aims and motivations of counselling, but until now, little attempt has been made to actually explain how and why it may... (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)
Mental Health Law: A Practical Guide: Second Edition
Completely updated to reflect current changes in the law and in practice, Mental Health Law: A Practical Guide is a concise and approachable handbook to mental health law for students and... (more)
Effective Supervision for Counsellors: An Introduction
Supervision is an essential part of counselling training and ensuring you get the very best supervision is important to all students, at all levels. This book introduces both 'new' and 'in-training'... (more)
Person-Centred Counselling in Action: Fourth Edition
It is now 25 years since the first edition of Person-Centred Counselling in Action appeared, offering the definitive exposition of the theory and practice of the person-centred approach. Since then... (more)
Spirituality in Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach That Empowers Clients
Spirituality and Religion in Counseling and Psychotherapy offers a practical approach that utilizes thematically based, personally accessible notions of spirituality and an integration of various... (more)
Transformation Through Journal Writing: The Art of Self-reflection for the Helping Professions
Transformation through Journal Writing is a grounded guide to self reflection through journaling for those in the helping professions. Journals are shown to be an effective method of self-care and... (more)
Spiritism and Mental Health
Practiced in community centers and psychiatric hospitals throughout Brazil, Spiritist therapies are gaining increasing recognition internationally for their ability to complement conventional... (more)
The Life of Things: Therapy and the Soul of the World
What would psychology look like if we took the planet seriously? Ecopsychologists are, on the whole, more interested in our relations with the earth than our relations with each other. They find... (more)
Carl Rogers: The China Diary
In 1922, at just 20 years of age, farm boy Carl Rogers embarked on a journey halfway around the world. His China diary provide an intimate portrait of a young man exploring his faith, his purpose,... (more)
Counseling Across the Cultural Divide: The Clemmont E. Vontress Reader
In these pages you will find a legacy of powerful articles stemming from the late 1960s and stretching into the present that built his case for the influence of culture on all aspect of counseling.... (more)
The Business Of Therapy: How To Run A Successful Private Practice
"How could I engage with him as a therapist, there was a dead plant in the hall - if he can't even keep a plant alive, how could he possibly help me?" This practical, accessible guide, written by a... (more)
Empathy: What it is and Why it Matters
Empathy is key to good relationships. In its absence, behaviour becomes puzzling, even dangerous. David Howe's fascinating new book examines what empathy is, why we have it and how it develops. He... (more)
The Counsellor's Guide to Personality: Preferences, Motives and Life Stories
This text offers a wide-ranging, integrated, comprehensive introduction to the field of personality differences for counsellors, looking at the key theories and exploring their application to... (more)
Counselling in Transcultural Settings: Priorities for a Restless World
Drawing on over 40 years experience, Patricia d'Ardenne provides the reader with a unique and practical introduction to counselling and psychotherapy in a world on the move, where ethnic, linguistic,... (more)
Counseling Children and Adolescents in Schools
A text and workbook designed to help aspiring school practitioners (school psychologists, school counsellors, and school social workers) gain the necessary theoretical background and skill set to... (more)
A Concise Introduction to Existential Counselling
A Concise Introduction to Existential Counselling is just that: a brief and accessible pocket guide to the underlying theory and practice of the existential approach. Addressing everything a new... (more)