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The Beginner′s Guide to Counselling & Psychotherapy
Contributor(s): Palmer, Stephen (Editor)
ISBN: 0857022342     ISBN-13: 9780857022349
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
OUR PRICE:   $171.27  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychotherapy - Counseling
Dewey: 616.891
LCCN: 2014954254
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.8" W x 9.9" (2.15 lbs) 480 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Are you interested in the field of counselling and psychotherapy or just starting out in your training? Trying to get to grips with the many different approaches and decide which are right for you? This book can help!

An ideal introductory text that assumes no prior knowledge, leading authors in the field provide overviews of 26 counselling and psychotherapy approaches in accessible, jargon-free terms. Each approach is discussed using the same framework to enable easy comparison and evaluation, covering:

- Development of the Therapy

- Theory and Basic Concepts

- Practice

- Which Clients Benefit Most?

- Case study

Four further chapters offer an insight into the therapeutic relationship, working with diversity, professional issues, and research, while resources such as suggested reading, discussion issues, appendices of further information and a comprehensive glossary help you consolidate your learning.

So look no further if you want to know the differences between counselling and psychotherapy, compare psychodynamic and psychoanalytic theories, discover how constructivist approaches can be applied in practice, learn about third wave CBT therapies, or just get an general overview of the field; this second edition of a bestseller gives you a whirlwind tour of the breadth, complexity, fascination and problems of the field of counselling and psychotherapy.


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.