Counselling Books
Risk assessment in social care:
This text outlines the theoretical issues behind the decisions, processes and organizations involved in risk assessment. It considers implications for future policy, drawing on the full range of... (more)
Depression:
For everyone who gets depressed and for those who have to live or work with people who suffer from depression. This book pinpoints three main roots of psychologically caused depression - self-blame,... (more)
Training the counsellor: An integrative model
Drawing on many years of practical knowledge, this book offers down-to-earth guidance and up-to-date information on key issues in counsellor training, examining and consultancy, with examples of live... (more)
The Counselling approach to careers guidance
This volume uses detailed case material to show how counselling strategies can be used with clients seeking careers guidance. It offers advice on structuring interviews, and discusses important... (more)
Saying goodbye: Stories of separation between care staff and people with learning disabilities
An in-depth exploration of processes that occur when carestaff and people with learning disabilities separate. The book draws upon qualitative research and interviews with clients and staff drawing... (more)
Research in social care and social welfare:
This text explores the links between research, evidence-based pratice and policy in social care and social welfare. Basing their chapters in case- study material, the contributors examine the issues... (more)
Solution-Focused Stress Counselling
This volume is essentially practical in tone and reflects the author's commitment to demystifying therapeutic processes and making therapy more accessible to people who are under-supported within... (more)
Child sexual assault: Feminist perspectives
This work re-introduces a feminist analysis of child sexual assault. The introductory chapter provides an overview of historical developments whilst following chapters offer critical analyses of... (more)
Care matters: Concepts, practice and research in health and social care
How can we make sense of the varying concepts of care and of the many forms care takes in practice? How can `good' care be defined and evaluated? This book draws upon a range of academic disciplines... (more)
Welfare, exclusion and political agency:
This text develops key topics in social work and social policy relating to exclusion, social divisions and control in welfare. (more)
Listening to Young People in School, Youth Work and Counselling
Effective work with young people requires empathy and understanding. This text captures the reality of young people's experiences, their relationships and the things that are important to them. Using... (more)
Person-Centred Counselling: Therapeutic and Spiritual Dimensions
This book draws together chapters, articles and lectures from some twelve years of Brian Thorne's professional life as a person-centred therapist. (more)
Good Practice in Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Volume 2: Protection, Rights and Responsibilities
This collection of essays on risk assessment explores the arguments and means of assessment in an accessible manner, and with a practice-based emphasis. The contributors consider subjects as varied... (more)
Good practice in risk assessment and risk management:
This volume contains examples of risk assessment methods and procedures, addressing the key issues of risk measurement, predictability and management, and the tension between the management of risks... (more)
Peer support in action: From bystanding to standing by
Peer support systems are increasingly being used in schools and other youth settings to tackle problems such as bullying, rejection, social exclusion, sexual identity, self-esteem and loneliness.... (more)
Clinical Counselling in Schools
This volume aims to provide counsellors with essential information on how to understand and best work within a school context. It covers a wide range of problems encountered and includes... (more)
Loneliness, stress and well-being: A helper's guide
Provides a simple method of assessing the degree and nature of a client's loneliness and includes practical strategies for helping such clients manage their social problems. The book is intended for... (more)
Counselling: The skills of finding solutions to problems
Developing the ideas of his text "Counselling: The Skills of Problem Solving", the author shows how to solve problems as well as define them. Step-by-step instructions show how to work in a planned... (more)
Understanding Street Drugs: A Handbook of Substance Misuse for Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals: Second Edition
This fully updated edition of the essential reference Understanding Drugs provides a complete overview of the key facts and core issues surrounding substance misuse. All commonly-used street drugs... (more)
Young children, parents and professionals: Enhancing the links in early childhood
As early education and child care increase, parents and professionals face many questions. This book proposes three dimensions of care giving behaviour, by which parents and professionals can help... (more)
Questions of Ethics in Counselling and Therapy
This book offers numerous questions and answers about ethics in counselling and therapy, training, counselling supervision, research and other important issues. The authors bring psychodynamic,... (more)
Counselling Students: A Psychodynamic Perspective
An introduction to the main psychological and developmental factors that affect students, and how these typically influence and shape their experiences at university. Using a psychodynamic model, it... (more)
Personal Construct Counselling in Action: Second Edition
Outlines the main principles of personal construct counselling. The authors attempt to help both counsellor and client by describing the range of methods available to help the client discover more... (more)