Counselling Books
Younger People with Dementia: Planning, Practice and Development
This text addresses the subject of younger people with dementia as a topic in its own right (more)
Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations
This text includes revisions of famous racial cases - O.J. Simpson included, and reviews other new entries such as black feminism, environmental reacism and hybridity. (more)
Working of Social Work
Designed for those who practice, manage and pay for social workx
Counsellors in Health Settings
Focusing on the experiences of counsellors themselves, this book is a comprehensive resource for counsellors working in health contexts and for the health professionals who work with them, and may... (more)
Deaf Transitions: Images and Origins of Deaf Families, Deaf Communities and Deaf Identities
A companion volume to "Counselling: the Deaf Challenge", this book explores deaf people's individual ways of being in the family and community context. It examines how their experiences of family and... (more)
Good Practice in Counselling People Who Have Been Abused
By addressing the issues of physical, emotional, sexual and financial abuse and neglect experienced in childhood or adulthood, this book aims to provide the reader with a theoretical understanding of... (more)
Spirituality and Mental Health Care: Rediscovering a 'Forgotten' Dimension
This work presents a model of mental health care that will enable carers to incorporate spirituality effectively into their caring strategies. The author explores the therapeutic significance of... (more)
The solution-focused school counselor: Shaping professional practice
This text highlights the indispensable role of school counsellors today, namely as change agents in an increasingly complex and fluctuating school system. It outlines practical and time-sensitive... (more)
Counselling the Person Beyond the Alcohol Problem
At the heart of Richard Bryant-Jefferies' work with problem drinkers is his belief in the power and effectiveness of the person-centred approach to counselling. He suggests that many alcohol problems... (more)
Telling sexual stories: Power, change and social worlds
Explores the rites of a sexual story-telling culture. Taking three major examples - rape stories, coming-out stories and recovery stories - this book examines the nature of these newly emerging... (more)
Dying to care?: Work stress and burnout in HIV/AIDS professionals
This work aims to identify why work stress is a problem in health care generally, and in HIV health care in particular. It explores the ways in which the stresses of patient advocacy in HIV/AIDS can... (more)
Men who sell sex: International perspectives on male prostitution and AIDS
Provides an account on the relationship between male sex-work and the AIDS epidemic. The international contributors to this volume make comparisons between the developed and developing world in terms... (more)
AIDS sexuality and gender in Africa:
Focusing on the gendered aspect of the struggle against AIDS, this text studies the severity of the epidemic and the threat it poses to the population in Tanzania and Zambia. It argues that the... (more)
Women, Violence and Social Change:
Demonstates how refuges and shelters stand at the core of the battered women's movement, and how the movement has challenged the police, courts and social services to provide greater assistance to... (more)
Is Counselling Training for You?:
An introduction to counsellor training which aims to help people assess their strengths and weaknesses and to decide if they have the right qualities to succeed. It discusses the realities, demands... (more)
Dual Diagnosis: Counseling the Mentally Ill Substance Abuser
Providing a synthesis of chemical dependency and mental health models, the book articulates a framework for assessment and treatment, and describes a range of counselling and motivational strategies... (more)
The Pastoral Counselling Treatment Planner
This sourcebook provides a selection of treatment plan components (behavioral definitions, long-term goals, short-term objectives, therapeutic and DSM-IV diagnoses) for spiritual problems, and life... (more)
Integrative Approaches to Supervision
As new techniques and approaches to supervision attract interest within therapy-related professions, the contributors to this informative book consider the nature of a supervision and examine the... (more)
Cultural Competence in the Caring Professions
The right of minority groups to define their culture and identity in their own terms is the central theme of this book. Divided into three parts, it explores the meaning of culture and identity,... (more)
Still Small Voice: An Introduction to Pastoral Counselling
This volume which offers an introduction to pastoral counselling, has been fully revised and updated to take account of advances in the theory and practice of pastoral counselling. (more)
Effective staff training in social care: From theory to practice
This work aims to provide a theoretical framework for training and professional development with particular emphasis on group learning in a social care context. It deals with the tensions and... (more)
Basic Skills in Psychotherapy and Counseling
This accessible text aims to prepare students for beginning mental health practice by helping to develop an overall appreciation of counselling and psychotherapy. It discusses the basic skills needed... (more)
On Being a Client: Understanding the Process of Counselling and Psychotherapy
There is a growing interest in what clients have to say about their experiences of counselling and psychotherapy. In a powerful analysis of this subject, David Howe identifies a number of clear and... (more)