Evidence-Based Counselling and Psychological Therapies: Research and Applications

Author(s) : Nancy Rowland, Author(s) : Stephen Goss

Evidence-Based Counselling and Psychological Therapies: Research and Applications

Book Details

  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Published : 2000
  • Category :
    Counselling
  • Catalogue No : 10426
  • ISBN 13 : 9780415205078
  • ISBN 10 : 0415205077

Reviews and Endorsements

Evidence-Based Counseling and Psychological Therapies assesses the impact of the international drive towards evidence-based health care on NHS policy and the provision of the psychological services in the NHS.
An outstanding range of contributors provide an overview of evidence-based health care and the research methods that underpin it, demonstrating its effect on policy, provision, practitioners and patients. Their thought-provoking chapters look at a variety of relevant issues including:
* generating and implementing evidence
* cost-effectiveness issues
* practical guidelines
* practitioner research
Evidence-Based Counseling and Psychological Therapies is essential for mental health professionals and trainees concerned with this movement which is having, and will continue to have a huge impact on the purchasing, provision and practice of health care.

Nancy Rowland is Research &Development Facilitator at York NHS Trust. She is a member of the British Association for Counseling's Research & Evaluation Committee. Stephen Goss is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde, a counselors at Napier University and a qualified counseling supervisor.

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