Counselling Books
Integrity and Change: Mental Health in the Market Place
This study examines how workers in the caring professions might preserve their integrity and ability, and reflect and act purposefully in the face of change in the structures and culture of public... (more)
Handbook of Counselling: Second Edition
This revised and expanded edition of the text provides a guide for counsellors and those using counselling skills in other professions. The contributors, all experienced practitioners, explore the... (more)
Fritz Perls
Fritz Perls was the co-founder of Gestalt Therapy, which is based on a holistic view of people and their relationship to the environment, and which remains one of the most influential approaches in... (more)
Counselling for psychosomatic problems
A practical guide to counselling clients who present with physical symptoms, but where psychological issues or problems are causing or maintaining those symptoms. The author examines the terminology... (more)
The listening reader: Fiction and poetry for counsellors and psychotherapists
Those whose profession involves listening to others' stories are aware of the relevance of imaginative literature to their work. This book serves as a guide to resources and texts available, and to... (more)
Developing the Practice of Counselling
This volume contains 30 useful hints and reminders to help both trainee and practising counsellors examine and improve key areas of their work. The book encourages counsellors to focus on areas that... (more)
Developing Counsellor Supervision
Supervision is a professional and ethical necessity for all counsellors, providing them with consultative and supportive aid while protecting clients from potential abuse - yet relatively little has... (more)
Counselling People with Communication Problems
A practical and accessible step-by-step guide for those working with people who experience disorders of speech, language, voice and fluency. It emphasizes how counselling plays an increasing part in... (more)
Counselling for Family Problems
The author places helping families in a traditional counselling framework and maintains that successful family counselling is a combination of several elements, including: working with the family's... (more)
Counselling in Criminal Justice
This work describes the many settings in which counselling is used with offenders, victims of crime and criminal justice professionals under stress. Using case material, it explores the dilemmas -... (more)
Brief Counselling: A Practical Integrative Approach: Second Edition
Almost two thirds of counsellors and psychotherapists work with clients in up to twenty sessions each: this book reflects that reality and the challenges involved. The bestselling first edition of... (more)
Working with Schizophrenia
A practical handbook for professionals working with schizophrenia, concerned with promoting understanding of their experiences and developing effective ways to facilitate them to maintain a... (more)
Fostering healing and growth: A psychoanalytic social work approach
In this work, a varied group of practitioners share their understanding of an ever-expanding body of psychoanalytic theory, and demonstrate the ways in which they have translated this theory into... (more)
Attachment theory for social work practice
This work addresses the needs of social workers in understanding and assessing the nature and origins of disturbed social relationships, and examines issues emerging from and around attachment... (more)
The Art of Counselling
An indispensable guide for anyone engaged in counselling, or interested in understanding the inner workings of personality.
The Art of Counselling is an insightful guide for all who work in... (more)
Relational Savoring: Using Guided Reflection to Strengthen Relationships and Improve Outcomes in Therapy
This book provides an overview of the science and practice of relational savoring, a brief, guided reflection exercise that helps clients reconnect with memories of being closely connected with... (more)
The Presenting Past
A person's past is ever present, from infancy to old age, and it affects the dynamics of therapy and the therapist-patient relationship.
Written by a key founding figure of psychodynamic... (more)
An Evidence-Based Systems Approach to School Counseling: Advocating Student-within-Environment
This book presents strategies for using systemic theory and evidence-based practice in schools to support students, the adults in their lives, and their wider communities.
Beginning by... (more)
Dealing with Emotional Problems Using Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT): A Practitioner's Guide
In this practical companion to the client manual, Windy Dryden draws on Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) – an approach that focuses on identifying, examining and changing the rigid/extreme... (more)
Dealing with Emotional Problems Using Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT): A Client's Guide
The second edition of Dealing with Emotional Problems Using Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: A Client's Guide offers clear, practical advice on how to deal with some of the most common emotional... (more)
Working Within Diversity: A Reflective Guide to Anti-Oppressive Practice in Counselling and Therapy
In this reflective guide, Myira Khan tackles what it means to work within diversity as a therapist - to actively reflect on your own identity and experiences and how they affect the therapeutic... (more)
Art Therapy and Career Counseling: Creative Strategies for Career Development Across the Lifespan
Art Therapy and Career Counseling is a comprehensive career development guide that offers creative approaches for understanding, assessing, and supporting ethical career development... (more)
The Guide to Buddhist Counseling
Buddhist concepts and practices have become increasingly popular and integrated into professional psychology. This book is the first to propose a theoretical orientation for counseling based on Early... (more)
Exploring the Concept of Feel for Wellbeing and Performance: How We Lost the Felt Experience, Why it Matters, and How to Return to Our Natural Way of Being
This book analyses and unpacks the term Feel by exploring its many definitions and examples in real life. Incorporating psychological theories and case studies, it offers a groundbreaking look into... (more)
Creating a Meaningful Life: A Practical Guide for Counselors, Therapists, and Other Helping Professionals
Creating a Meaningful Life builds on the tenets of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) to answer some of life’s basic questions, such as "How do I create a meaningful, purposeful life?" and... (more)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Christian Clients: A Faith-Based Workbook
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Christian Clients: A Faith-Based Workbook: Second Edition, is an indispensable companion for mental health professionals and their clients. The new edition... (more)
Advanced Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Learning, Integrating, and Consolidating the Nonlinear Thinking of Master Practitioners
The second edition of Advanced Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy covers advanced helping- skills topics, including inductive reasoning, Socratic questioning, and creatively creating second-... (more)
Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Learning the Essential Domains and Nonlinear Thinking of Master Practitioners
Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Third edition, helps students in introductory counseling courses prepare for practice with real clients by learning to think in a new way, rather than... (more)