Counselling Books
The Handbook of Structured Life Review: The Structured Life Review Process
Reminiscence, life review, life story, autobiography, etc., are popular activities undertaken with or by older adults, whether for personal or therapeutic reasons. The act of reminiscing takes many... (more)
Practicing Counseling and Psychotherapy: Insights from Trainees, Supervisors, and Clients
This book provides an insiders view and understanding of the process of psychotherapy from the perspectives of actual psychotherapy trainees, their clients, and their supervisors. The authors offer a... (more)
Counseling Troubled Boys: A Guidebook for Professionals
This volume provides practitioners with clear, helpful information about the process of understanding and engaging a wide array of boys and adolescent males in counseling. It supplies case examples... (more)
Coming Out, Coming in: Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society
Adolescence is an awkward and difficult time, emotionally and physically trying under the best of circumstances, and borderline traumatic for the majority of teens who, in one way or another, fail to... (more)
Multilingual Living: Explorations of Language and Subjectivity
How do bilingual and multilingual people think about themselves and their languages? What are the effects on family relationships of living in several languages? How does language shape our thoughts... (more)
Working with Loss, Death and Bereavement: A Guide for Social Workers
All social workers encounter complex and diverse forms of loss throughout their practice. "Working with Loss, Death and Bereavement" helps trainee and practitioners navigate these difficult... (more)
Practice Teaching: Changing Social Work
Practioners and academics draw upon their experience of working with social work students to discuss the complex issues that arise in practice teaching. The fundamental challenges related to the... (more)
Dyslexia and Counselling
While much has been written about dyslexia and literacy, little has been written about dyslexia and counselling. Good counselling remediates problems in relationships. Good teaching remediates... (more)
Feeling Queer or Queer Feelings?: Radical Approaches to Counselling Sex, Sexualities and Genders
"Feeling Queer or Queer Feelings?" presents highly innovative and contemporary ideas for counsellors, counselling and clinical psychologists and psychotherapists to consider in their work with... (more)
The Counselor's Companion: What Every Beginning Counselor Needs to Know
Provides new counsellors with a way to bridge the gap between what they learned in the classroom and the challenges they will meet in their practice. This volume covers answers to common questions... (more)
Medical and Psychiatric Issues for Counsellors: Second Revised Edition
Counsellors often encounter situations where clients' medical or psychiatric conditions - and their treatment - affect the assessment of, or work with, clients. This Second Edition of Medical and... (more)
Cross Cultural Awareness and Social Justice in Counseling
Ellis and Carlson presents the relevant research and practice information to include the race-based, ethnic-based, and social justice-based skills that are key to counseling training programs. The... (more)
Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients
Reflecting on the implications of changes in our society, including political struggles for gay civil unions, marriage, and adoption rights, this volume focuses on the complex cultural contexts of... (more)
Infidelity: A Practitioner's Guide to Working with Couples in Crisis
When one partner in a relationship is unfaithful to the other, it takes a lot of work by both parties involved to salvage the relationship. In today's therapy-friendly climate, marriage/couples... (more)
Counselling and Psychotherapy in Contemporary Private Practice
Working as a counsellor or psychotherapist in contemporary private practice presents a number of clinical, ethical and philosophical dilemmas that impact on the therapeutic relationship. "Counselling... (more)
Counselling and Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents
Offering a judicious balance of theory and practical discussion, "Counselling and Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents" focuses on the essential knowledge needed to work therapeutically with... (more)
Attachment and Dynamic Practice: An Integrative Guide for Social Workers and Other Clinicians
Contemporary attachment theory both enriches our understanding of human development and informs clinical practice. It examines the relational bonds between young children and their caregivers and... (more)
The Practitioner's Handbook
An essential guide to professional development written for qualified practitioners as well as those nearing the end of their training. Written in a friendly and informal style, this new text seeks to... (more)
Counselling, Psychotherapy and the Law: Second Edition
This is the long-awaited second edition of Peter Jenkins' comprehensive introduction to legal issues in relation to counselling and psychotherapy in the UK. This text has been fully updated to... (more)
Psychology of Working: A New Perspective for Career Development, Counseling, and Public Policy
In this original and major new work, David Blustein places working at the same level of attention for social and behavioral scientists and psychotherapists as other major life concerns, like intimate... (more)
What's Wrong With Us?: The Anthropathology Thesis
In this revolutionary text, the author explains "anthropathology" which, in part, is the invisible milieu we are born into, leading to a society created by human beings that is, in the author's view,... (more)
Anger Management: An Anger Management Training Package for Individuals with Disabilities
The training program consists of 12 fully-scripted sessions, dealing with topics such as, recognising feelings of anger, learning to relax and think calmly, and being assertive and handling problems... (more)
Social Work: A Companion to Learning
"Social Work: A Companion to Learning" is an exciting and definitive new book that will equip readers with the core knowledge and skills they need to successfully complete their social work training,... (more)
Humanising Psychiatry and Mental Health: The Challenge of the Person-centred Approach
'In this book I explore the philosophy, theory and practice of the person-centred approach in the context of both contemporary psychiatry and mental health services provided by the NHS. In so doing,... (more)
Listening Helpfully: How to Develop Your Counselling Skills
Does your job place you in positions where you need the ability to 'listen helpfully'? Are you thinking of counselling as a career? This practical book will answer all questions and teach the basic... (more)
Mental Health in Schools: A Guide to Pastoral and Curriculum Provision
Mental Health is now a mandatory component of the PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) curriculum. "Mental Health in Schools" is a practical guide for teachers, explaining the difference... (more)
Memories After Abortion
Aims to explain and increase the understanding of the abortion problem as well as encourage more discussion and reflection on this complex issue. This book also contains stories told by young people... (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)
Care-Giving in Dementia: Research and Application: Volume 4
Dealing with the field of care-giving in dementia, this book presents the developments in its diagnosis, treatment and care. It covers topics, such as: visuo-perceptual changes in Alzheimer's... (more)
Psychotherapy and Counselling for Depression: Third Edition
"Psychotherapy and Counselling for Depression: Third Edition", is an introduction to the subject of depression and the counselling strategies used to help people who are suffering from this most... (more)