The Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy: Third Edition

This long-awaited third edition updates the key textbook on the SAGE Counselling and Psychotherapy list: the most comprehensive, fully inclusive, state of the art overview of contemporary counselling and psychotherapy that we publish for trainee and practising counsellors, counselling psychologists and psychotherapists. This third edition brings together the fundamentals of counselling and psychotherapy theory, research, skills and practice. It addresses what every successful trainee or practitioner needs to know, do, think, feel, and use in a way that is entirely comprehensive, accessible and jargon-free. This book includes An introduction to counselling and psychotherapy - definitions, philosophy and historical background An outline of the most significant therapeutic skills, theories, approaches and setting-specific practice issues The client, what they need from therapy, and the most commonly presented problems The therapist and the importance of professional development, supervision, ethics and research. Including new material on interpersonal psychotherapy, ACT, pluralism and mindfulness, as well as body psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, learning disabilities, ADHD, and low self-esteem, this book continues to be essential reading for trainees or experienced practitioners alike.