Psychotherapy and Counselling for Depression: Third Edition

"Psychotherapy and Counselling for Depression: Third Edition", is an introduction to the subject of depression and the counselling strategies used to help people who are suffering from this most common of mental health problems. Paul Gilbert explores the features and complexities of depressed states, including general negativity, a sense of failure, abandonment, powerlessness, anger, shame and guilt. He describes interventions for different types of difficulty, using case material to illustrate the process and focusing particular attention on the key role of the therapeutic relationship in achieving successful outcomes. "Counselling for Depression" is widely-used as a text for training counsellors and other mental health professionals. Now thoroughly updated for this, the third, edition the book includes additional resources for practitioners to use during the therapeutic process.