Counselling Books
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)
Scapegoats: Transferring blame
This work examines the process of scapegoating from the perspectives of victims and perpetrators, tracing and comparing its development from earliest times as a rite of atonement to the modern forms... (more)
Models of collaboration: A guide for mental health professionals working with health care practitioners
A guide for Mental Health Professionals working with Health Care Practitioners (more)
Person-Centred Counselling and Christian Spirituality: The Secular and the Holy
Offers a history of hysteria that weaves its well-known features - repressed sexual ideas; indifference to conversion; over-identification with the other - into the hysteric form. Through a... (more)
Supervising Counsellors: Issues of Responsibility
A practical and insightful guide to the responsibilities facing all those involved in supervising practitioners and trainees. Drawing together contributions and new research from those at the... (more)
Risk Assessment in Social Care and Social Work
This text outlines the theoretical issues behind the decisions, processes and organizations involved in risk assessment. It considers implications for future policy, drawing on the full range of... (more)
Depression:
For everyone who gets depressed and for those who have to live or work with people who suffer from depression. This book pinpoints three main roots of psychologically caused depression - self-blame,... (more)
Training the counsellor: An integrative model
Drawing on many years of practical knowledge, this book offers down-to-earth guidance and up-to-date information on key issues in counsellor training, examining and consultancy, with examples of live... (more)
The Counselling approach to careers guidance
This volume uses detailed case material to show how counselling strategies can be used with clients seeking careers guidance. It offers advice on structuring interviews, and discusses important... (more)
Saying goodbye: Stories of separation between care staff and people with learning disabilities
An in-depth exploration of processes that occur when carestaff and people with learning disabilities separate. The book draws upon qualitative research and interviews with clients and staff drawing... (more)
Research in Social Care and Social Welfare: Issues and Debates for Practice
This text explores the links between research, evidence-based pratice and policy in social care and social welfare. Basing their chapters in case- study material, the contributors examine the issues... (more)
Solution-Focused Stress Counselling
This volume is essentially practical in tone and reflects the author's commitment to demystifying therapeutic processes and making therapy more accessible to people who are under-supported within... (more)