Counselling Books
Psychology and the reflective counsellor:
Argues that counselling psychology has emerged as a distinct branch of psychology, with its own concepts, research paradigms and practices. This text hopes to avoid general outlines of theory,... (more)
Feminist Counselling in Action
Aimed at counsellors, therapists, trainers and others who want a deeper understanding of how society affects them psychologically. The author draws on feminist theory and shows how entrenched,... (more)
Stresses of Counselling in Action
Counsellors frequently work with people who are under stress or who are distressed - but counselling them can itself be a highly stressful activity. This supportive book examines the sources of... (more)
Counselling Couples
Individuals within a couple relationship are asked by their partner to fulfil a multitude of needs - for example, for companionship, security, intimacy - and are often expected to play a number of... (more)
Counselling Difficult Clients
Counsellors and other mental health professionals will inevitably encounter clients who are difficult to work with because they do not comply with the basic requirements of forming a trusting... (more)
Hard Earned Lessons from Counselling in Action
Counsellors often struggle in their work with clients, convinced that their more experienced colleagues have not encountered similar problems and worries. In this volume, some of Britain's leading... (more)
Questions and Answers on Counselling in Action
Does counselling have to be long-term to be helpful? Should only women counsel women? How can you evaluate counselling? Is it easy to start your own private practice? In this highly readable book,... (more)
What is Counselling?
For those seeking an honest appraisal of the activity and profession of counselling, the author of this rigorous examination of the talking therapies asks such key questions as: How has counselling... (more)
Counselling for Stress Problems
This comprehensive guide views stress counselling and management from a multimodal perspective. Clear guidelines show practitioners how they can give their clients the most effective help for their... (more)
Clinical Supervision - A Systems Approach
A progressive book in which the author presents a new model of clinical supervision that embraces different theoretical approaches to counselling, moving away from models that are limited to only one... (more)
Developing Cognitive-behavioural Counselling
The authors develop the cognitive-behavioural counselling approach by offering new conceptualizations of many common client problems. They suggest that effective interventions need to take account of... (more)
Client Assessment
What information will help you assess the therapeutic needs of a client? Could you identify a suicidal client? How can you tell whether or not you are working with appropriate clients? Answering... (more)
Developing Person-centred Counselling: Second Edition
Designed to help counsellors improve their skills within the person-centred approach, the second edition has been fully revised and updated taking account of developments in person-centred practice.... (more)
Therapists' Dilemmas
This collection of interviews examines crucial issues of uncertainty which leading British and American therapists have encountered during the course of their work. This revised edition includes a... (more)
Experiences of Counselling in Action
What is the experience of counselling from the perspectives of both client and counsellor? What can be learned for the practice of counselling from an understanding of how it feels to be a client or... (more)
Training and Supervision for Counselling in Action
This accessible book explores the issues involved in both the training and supervision of counsellors and in the preparation of those who are to undertake supervisory and training roles. The number... (more)
Personal and Professional Development for Counsellors
This book explores just what is meant by personal and profession-
Rational Emotive Behavioural Counselling in Action: Third Edition
A brand new edition of this highly popular guide to a much used approach. Combining the theoretical with the practical, the book provides an accessible guide for newcomers to this form of... (more)
Person-centred Counselling Training
Person-centred counselling probably requires more training - and a greater intensity of training - than most other mainstream counselling approaches, but until now no one book has concentrated solely... (more)
Learning and teaching in social work: Towards reflective practice
Addresses contemporary themes in the post-professional education of social workers and related professionals. The book focuses on the nature of professional education, its changing epistemological... (more)
Making Sense of Social Work: Psychodynamics, Systems and Practice
A reassessment of psychodynamics and systems theories in contemporary social work practice. The authors discuss the application of these theories to direct work with service users, to practitioners'... (more)
Helping the Client: A Creative Practical Guide
A synthesis of the conceptual and the practical, this book is aimed at counsellors and therapists who wish to develop their repertoire of skills and methods for helping a client. 192 pages. (more)