Counselling Books
Counselling in Terminal Care and Bereavement
The book covers both caring for the terminally ill and the "actual" bereavement, thus providing guidance on the whole process of counselling patients and their families. Case studies include examples... (more)
Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations
This text includes revisions of famous racial cases - O.J. Simpson included, and reviews other new entries such as black feminism, environmental reacism and hybridity. (more)
Working of Social Work
Designed for those who practice, manage and pay for social workx
Counsellors in Health Settings
Focusing on the experiences of counsellors themselves, this book is a comprehensive resource for counsellors working in health contexts and for the health professionals who work with them, and may... (more)
Deaf transitions: Images and origins of deaf families, deaf communities and deaf identities
A companion volume to "Counselling: the Deaf Challenge", this book explores deaf people's individual ways of being in the family and community context. It examines how their experiences of family and... (more)
Good practice in counselling people who have been abused:
By addressing the issues of physical, emotional, sexual and financial abuse and neglect experienced in childhood or adulthood, this book aims to provide the reader with a theoretical understanding of... (more)
Spirituality and Mental Health Care: Rediscovering a 'Forgotten' Dimension
This work presents a model of mental health care that will enable carers to incorporate spirituality effectively into their caring strategies. The author explores the therapeutic significance of... (more)
The solution-focused school counselor: Shaping professional practice
This text highlights the indispensable role of school counsellors today, namely as change agents in an increasingly complex and fluctuating school system. It outlines practical and time-sensitive... (more)
Counselling the Person Beyond the Alcohol Problem
At the heart of Richard Bryant-Jefferies' work with problem drinkers is his belief in the power and effectiveness of the person-centred approach to counselling. He suggests that many alcohol problems... (more)
Values and Ethics in the Practice of Psychotherapy and Counselling
The work of every school of psychotherapy and every therapist is inevitably structured by a value system and requires codes of ethics and practice. This work addresses the conscious and unconscious... (more)
Telling sexual stories: Power, change and social worlds
Explores the rites of a sexual story-telling culture. Taking three major examples - rape stories, coming-out stories and recovery stories - this book examines the nature of these newly emerging... (more)
Dying to care?: Work stress and burnout in HIV/AIDS professionals
This work aims to identify why work stress is a problem in health care generally, and in HIV health care in particular. It explores the ways in which the stresses of patient advocacy in HIV/AIDS can... (more)