This book will serve as a guide for practicing counselors and therapists to facilitate work with their clients interpreting their dreams in order to reduce and alleviate stress, with a focus on... (more)
Maintaining a balance between managing and assessing risk and upholding the required high standards of practice in health and social care can be demanding, particularly in the current climate of... (more)
Key aspects of a learning organization and the process of organizational learning are explored in this volume as they apply across a variety of human services, including social, mental health,... (more)
This student-centered overview of the counseling profession exposes you to real challenges faced by experienced practitioners and gives you an unparalleled look at what your professional future may... (more)
Presents an overview of the origins, current practices, and potential future of the discipline of counselling psychology.
* Presents an up-to-date review of the knowledge base behind the discipline... (more)
This successful title has been updated with new entries to reflect the changes within the counselling profession over the last few years. Maintaining the popular alphabetical style of the previous... (more)
This book provides a user-friendly guide to the law for all those practising and training in the counselling profession. Barbara Mitchels and Tim Bond make legal issues relevant and bring them alive... (more)
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)
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)
Written specifically for students on counselling and psychotherapy courses, this book gives an overview of the profession from its early beginnings in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis through the... (more)
At the centre of good counselling and psychotherapy practice is the relationship between therapist and client. This book is an essential guide for counselling and psychotherapy students who want to... (more)
This book introduces some of the specific contexts in which today's counsellors and psychotherapists find themselves working. It draws upon the experience of counsellors active in their field and... (more)
This new edition is intended for counselor educators, counselor supervisor practitioners, and supervisors-in-training in a variety of educational and mental health settings. The editors have brought... (more)
Writing a journal is not just about keeping a record of daily events - journal writing provides a unique therapeutic opportunity for personal and professional development. Kate Thompson guides the... (more)
Although exact figures are hard to come by, statistical surveys suggest that as many as one in four of us in Britain suffer mental distress at some time in our lives. This is reflected in the... (more)
This concise and effective text provides a clear comparative approach to the main models of therapy for students of counselling, psychotherapy and mental health. Drawing on case examples, it shows... (more)
All professional counselors can identify a number of key turning points in their careers: moments, interactions, and processes that crystallized key realizations for them regarding their practice... (more)
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)
Therapists who do not specialise in premarital counselling are often called on to provide this therapy or they may wish to expand into this field. In this title, two therapists with decades of... (more)
Gives an overview of the post qualifying awards in social work. This book intends to help social workers enhance their post qualifying knowledge, skills and values within specialist areas of... (more)
This is the first book on counselling skills to look in detail at the practical interventions and tools used to establish the therapeutic relationship. Step-by-step, the text teaches the reader... (more)
Now in its second edition, this book is established reading for any practitioner or trainee wishing to develop their own personal style of working. As well as examining contemporary integrative... (more)
This practical book outlines the essential principles and practices of couple counselling. Demystifying this form of therapy, the author provides a step-by-step guide from the first meeting through... (more)
This book addresses the important professional considerations when working with clients who are suicidal. The 'bigger picture', including legal and ethical considerations and organisational policy... (more)
This book is the ideal introduction to counselling and supporting children and young people. Taking a person-centred approach, Mark Prever offers readers a clear understanding of the theory and... (more)
Victims of sexual and physical trauma can feel lost and disconnected from themselves and others. This new book explains how counsellors can restore connection to self and others, and facilitate... (more)
Presents a practical approach to grief counselling. A text to help mental health practitioners treat the problems associated with grief. It has been expanded and updated to include new counselling... (more)
Learn seven clinical approaches to working with the God image in psychotherapy Each person has two ideas of God - the God concept and the God image. The God concept is intellectual in nature, while... (more)
This book speaks to the variety of fathers and the issues that they face. Men do not often enter into counseling or therapy because they are having difficulties with being a father, but many of the... (more)