Counselling Books
Narrative approaches to working with adult male survivors of child sexual abuse: The clients', the counsellor's and the researcher's story
Presents first-hand accounts from two male survivors of childhood sexual abuse and from the counsellor who worked with them. The author describes the counsellor's perspective, and draws out the... (more)
Evidence-Based Counselling and Psychological Therapies: Research and Applications
This volume assesses the impact of the international drive towards evidence-based health care on NHS policy and the provision of the psychological services in the NHS. Contributors provide an... (more)
Good practice in working with victims of violence:
Drawing on the experiences of practitioners from a range of backgrounds, this text is a comprehensive study of real or threatened physical violence and its consequences. Personal accounts of children... (more)
Philosophy for Counselling and Psychotherapy: Pythagoras to Postmodernism
This work provides a philosophical background for counsellors, therapists and healthcare workers looking for broader, deeper foundations in the struggle to help and make sense of others. 400 pages. (more)
From the ashes of experience: Reflections on madness, survival and growth
Too often mental health professionals and other social care workers find it easier to focus on discrete elements of an individual's life such as their illness or housing needs, rather than employing... (more)
Emotional and behavioural difficulties: Theory to practice
A concise guide to the major approaches to dealing with emotional and behavioural difficulties - counselling, behavioural approaches, family therapy and class management based on analysis of social... (more)
Social work, health and equality:
This book shows that by focusing on the human suffering which arises from the impact of social inequalities on health, social work can make a significant contribution to more equal chances and... (more)
Qualitative researching with text, image and sound: A practical handbook
This book offers a unique resource for today's social researcher. A practical handbook which provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to a broad range of research methods with the... (more)
Taking Supervision Forward: Enquiries and Trends in Counselling and Psychotherapy
This book evaluates supervisory structures and practices in the light of recent research and experiences. It provides counsellors and psychotherapists with a considered examination of the supervision... (more)
Choosing a counselling or psychotherapy training: A practical guide
This book takes the reader through all stages of the therapuetic training path, covering topics including: theoretical approaches to counselling and psychotherapy; starting a course; qualification,... (more)
Narrative Therapy: An Introduction for Counsellors: Second Edition
A challenging and thought-provoking work, intended to introduce narrative therapy techniques and practice to family therapists and counsellors working with individuals, couples, and families. A clear... (more)
Handbook of counseling boys and adolescent males: A practioner's guide
The contributing authors address a wide variety of developmental and cultural considerations pertaining to the counselling of boys. They also identify and offer extremely useful recommendations for... (more)
Integrating Spirituality into Multicultural Counseling:
This practical and informative work explores spirituality from a multicultural perspective and aims to help professionals integrate multicultural views and spirituality into the provision of therapy,... (more)
Clinical counselling in pastoral settings:
A substantial amount of counselling is conducted by people who either work in religious settings or whose work is influenced by their religious belief. This is one of the few books available which... (more)
Transforming social work practice: Postmodern critical perspectives
Offers new strategies for social workers concerned with political action and social justice. It explores ways of developing practice frameworks, paradigms and principles which take adavantage of the... (more)
Practice and research in social work: Postmodern feminist perspectives
Appraising key issues in the contested fields of postmodernism and feminism, this text focuses on applications in relation to practice, research and education in social work. 201 pages. (more)
Absent fathers?
Discussing the social implications of absentee fathers, this volume provides a text for undergraduates in social policy and should also be of interest to professionals concerned with family breakdown... (more)
Ethical practice and the abuse of power in social responsibility: Leave no stone unturned
Concerned with ethical practice, this text presents the stories of individuals form all levels of the social and legal systems. Topics covered include: accountability and confidentiality; system... (more)
Social work practices: Contemporary perspectives on change:
This book asks how social workers should be responding to the crises besetting the welfare states as we enter the 21st century. It also poses the question whether postmodern theory could provide some... (more)
Residential child care: International perspectives on links with families and peers
This book uses examples of good practice and innovatory ideas from the UK and abroad to show how encouraging families to maintain an active role in the welfare of their children in care is vitally... (more)
Defense Mechanisms in the Counseling Process
Demonstrates why clients in therapy resist changes and the mechanisms and devices they use to defend against therapeutic progress. It also shows how therapists can identify and work with such... (more)
Mental health and social work:
Examining the theory and practice of work with people with mental health problems, this volume makes an appraisal of policy and organization, based on a discussion of the circumstances of this client... (more)
Issues in foster care: The personal, the professional and the organisational
Drawing on a combination of research and professional experience, this book considers the central features of the development of a responsive fostering service. 160 pages. (more)
Social work with black children and their families:
Part of a series, this is a guide to developments in welfare services for black families in the early 1980s. It describes practical ways of meeting the black population's needs and the implications... (more)
In and out of care: The experiences of children, parents and social workers
A unique insight into the workings of the child care system, based on the testimony of children, parents, and workers in the field. 150 pages. (more)
Community care in practice:
The patterns and policies for community care which have been phased in since April 1991 present both a stimulus and a challenge. This book is a collection of essays which provide an introduction to... (more)
Children in care revisited
The author follows the lives of people from her initial contact with them as a social worker to the present, some twenty years later. 194 pages. (more)
Black children in the public care system:
The author has based her study on empirical data collected from a survey of an inner-city Local Authority Social Services Department. Over 500 case histories have been analyzed and evidence gathered... (more)
Integrative and Eclectic Counselling and Psychotherapy
An examination of the issues and ideas surrounding integration and eclecticism in a therapeutic context, and a detailed account of a range of approaches in use. Contributors introduce and explain the... (more)
Counselling couples and families: A person-centred approach
In this counselling handbook, the person-centred approach is integrated with the theories and practice of counselling couples and families. The author identifies issues specific to relational... (more)