| Counselling: The Bacp Counselling Reader Volume One Edition Contributor(s): Palmer, Stephen (Editor), Dainow, Sheila (Editor), Milner, Pat (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0803974779 ISBN-13: 9780803974777 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $87.12 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1996 Annotation: Published in association with the British Association for Counselling A comprehensive and stimulating reader, Counseling draws together key material that has been published in Counselling, the journal of the British Association for Counselling, over the past few years. Combining accessible research studies with professional and personal reflections, the reader presents a diverse and authoritative range of articles to cover the central aspects of counseling, including therapeutic approaches; contexts and practice; social, professional, and ethical issues; research; and future trends. Counseling provides direct access to the main theories, practices, and issues that underpin and continue to shape the development of counseling and, in addition, offers an opportunity for reflection on the status and relevance of the counseling field today. This substantive volume brings integral information as well as a sense of the texture of counseling to not only the counseling student but also the experienced professional. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Counseling - Medical | Mental Health - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General |
| Dewey: 361.06 |
| LCCN: 96070151 |
| Physical Information: 1.43" H x 6.74" W x 9.46" (2.40 lbs) 656 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Reader reflects some of the best work published in Counselling, the Journal of the British Association for Counselling, over the past 15 years. The choice of articles also gives a historical perspective on the development of counselling in Britain... provides many hours of interesting reading and a wealth of learned experience all in one volume. I can see this book becoming recommended reading for counsellor training programmes′ - British Psychological Society Counselling Psychology Review This comprehensive and stimulating Reader draws together key material which has been published in Counselling, the Journal of the British Association for Counselling, in recent years. |
Contributor Bio(s): Palmer, Stephen: - Professor Stephen Palmer PhD is an award winning psychologist and psychotherapist. He is Founder Director of the Centre for Stress Management, London. He is the UK's first Visiting Professor of Work Based Learning and Stress Management at Middlesex University. He has authored/edited over 50 books including The Beginner's Guide to Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2015). He is Co-editor of the European Journal of Counselling Theory, Research and Practice. Currently he is Honorary President of the International Stress Management Association; President of the International Society for Coaching Psychology; Founder Co-Chair of the London Branch of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies; a Founder Director and Vice President of the Society of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and a Director and Deputy Chair of the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. His interests include jazz, art and coastal walking. |