Counselling Books
Psychodynamic Counselling in a Nutshell
Susan Howard explains in a clear, jargon-free style, the concepts at the heart of the psychodynamic approach, and, drawing on case material, describes the therapeutic practice which rests on those... (more)
Spirituality and Religion in Counseling: Competency-Based Strategies for Ethical Practice
Spirituality and Religion in Counseling provides mental health professionals and counselors in training with practical information for understanding and responding to clients' needs using a spiritual... (more)
Counseling for Artists Performers and Other Creative Individuals: A Guide For Clinicians
Informed by clinical case studies, scientific research, and relevant theories, Counseling for Artists, Performers, and Other Creative Individuals takes an in-depth look at the ways creative traits,... (more)
Very Brief Therapeutic Conversations
In Very Brief Therapeutic Conversations, Windy Dryden demonstrates the therapeutic value of very brief interventions in counselling, psychotherapy and coaching, using a wide range of techniques and... (more)
Abolishing the Concept of Mental Illness: Rethinking the Nature of Our Woes
In Abolishing the Concept of Mental Illness: Rethinking the Nature of Our Woes, Richard Hallam takes aim at the very concept of mental illness, and explores new ways of thinking about and responding... (more)
Flexibility-Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Insights from Forty Years of Practice
In this book, Windy Dryden brings together the four major strands that have shaped his idiosyncratic approach to clinical practice - (i) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; (ii) flexibility in practice;... (more)
Journeys to Professional Excellence: Stories of Courage, Innovation, and Risk-Taking in the Lives of Noted Psychologists and Counselors
Includes powerful narratives that cover the challenges and joys related to ethnic identity, dealing with immigrant status and poverty, exploring public policy, challenging the status quo and taking... (more)
Business Basics for Private Practice: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals
Business Basics for Private Practice provides a step-by-step guide to developing a successful practice from initial conceptualization and business plan to future growth for the true entrepreneur. Dr.... (more)
Humane Helping: Focusing Less on Disorders and More on Life's Challenges
Humane Helping is a comprehensive, practical guide that helps clinicians shift their practice from the mental disorder-and-chemical fix and expert-talk models to a more humane, helpful model that... (more)
Using the Socratic Method in Counseling: A Guide to Channeling Inborn Knowledge
Using the Socratic Method in Counseling shows counselors how to use the Socratic method to help clients solve life problems using knowledge they may not realize they have. Coauthored by two experts... (more)
Pluralistic Therapy: Distinctive Features
Pluralistic Therapy: Distinctive Features offers an introduction to what is distinctive about this increasingly popular method. Written by one of the co-founders of pluralistic therapy, and a leading... (more)
Adlerian Group Counseling and Therapy, Step-by-step
A distillation of some of the most significant ideas pertaining to the group work of Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs, this text illustrates the development of a group from its formation to its final... (more)
Dictionary of Counselling: Second Edition
This book provides concise definitions of more than 1000 terms used in the field of counselling. As well as covering theory and practice, the book also includes client concerns and problems which may... (more)
Problem Drinking: A Person-Centred Dialogue
Demonstrating the application of person-centred alcohol counselling theory using dialogue to illustrate interactions, this text describes counselling supervision and looks at how this approach helps... (more)
Counselling and the Life Course
Counselling and the Life Course introduces counsellors to the concept of the life course as a multidimensional and multidisciplinary framework for thinking about clients' lives within and beyond the... (more)
Counselling Young People: Person-Centred Dialogues
This text provides insight into the work of counsellors in helping young people cope in schools, colleges, universities, surgeries and hospitals, social services and charities. It uses dialogue to... (more)
Counselling a Recovering Drug User: A Person-Centred Dialogue
This text highlights the complexities of dealing with people who have a drug-related problem and offers an insight into the world of drug users and the counselling process. It also provides an... (more)
Counselling for Progressive Disability: Person-Centred Dialogues
Providing real insight into the experience of working with clients with progressive disabilities, this book uses dialogue, with thoughts and feelings in boxed comments, to illustrate the... (more)
Counselling Individuals: A Rational Emotive Behavioural Handbook: Fourth Edition
This book outlines the major strategies and techiques that are most closely associated with REBT and is primarily intended for those who work in a counselling role with individuals who are not... (more)
Social Work, Immigration and Asylum: Debates, Dilemmas and Ethical Issues for Social Work and Social Care Practice
The practical and ethical challenges facing human service professionals working with refugees, asylum seekers and other people subject to immigration controls are discussed in this much-needed book.... (more)
Counselling Children, Adolescents and Families
Counselling Children, Adolescents and Families describes an innovative approach to therapeutic work which builds on the strengths of children and their parents. As the author's experience shows,... (more)
Psychotherapy and Counselling: A Professional Business
This title concerns the stresses a psychotherapist encounters over the course of his or her professional life and how these might be addressed. Cynthia Rogers has distilled her own and others'... (more)
Counselling Older Clients
Counselling Older Clients is a much-needed guide for practitioners working with older clients in a range of settings. Highlighting the stereotypes and prejudices which frequently exist around ageing,... (more)
Dual Relationships in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Exploring the Limits
The issue of dual relationships with clients, trainees and supervisees affects most counsellors or psychotherapists at some point in their careers. Many practitioners are unclear about such boundary... (more)
Cultural Diversity, Mental Health and Psychiatry: The Struggle Against Racism
According to the National Service Framework for mental health published by the Department of Health in 1999, black and minority ethnic communities have little confidence in mental health services.... (more)
Collaboration in Social Work Practice
The authors explain how practitioners in social care, health and related sectors can work more effectively together in line with current developments in policy and practice, offering a critical... (more)