Counselling Books
Child sexual assault: Feminist perspectives
This work re-introduces a feminist analysis of child sexual assault. The introductory chapter provides an overview of historical developments whilst following chapters offer critical analyses of... (more)
Care matters: Concepts, practice and research in health and social care
How can we make sense of the varying concepts of care and of the many forms care takes in practice? How can `good' care be defined and evaluated? This book draws upon a range of academic disciplines... (more)
Welfare, exclusion and political agency:
This text develops key topics in social work and social policy relating to exclusion, social divisions and control in welfare. (more)
Listening to Young People in School, Youth Work and Counselling
Effective work with young people requires empathy and understanding. This text captures the reality of young people's experiences, their relationships and the things that are important to them. Using... (more)
Person-Centred Counselling: Therapeutic and Spiritual Dimensions
This book draws together chapters, articles and lectures from some twelve years of Brian Thorne's professional life as a person-centred therapist. (more)
Good Practice in Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Volume 2: Protection, Rights and Responsibilities
This collection of essays on risk assessment explores the arguments and means of assessment in an accessible manner, and with a practice-based emphasis. The contributors consider subjects as varied... (more)
Good Practice in Risk Assessment and Management: Volume 1
This volume contains examples of risk assessment methods and procedures, addressing the key issues of risk measurement, predictability and management, and the tension between the management of risks... (more)
Peer support in action: From bystanding to standing by
Peer support systems are increasingly being used in schools and other youth settings to tackle problems such as bullying, rejection, social exclusion, sexual identity, self-esteem and loneliness.... (more)
Clinical Counselling in Schools
This volume aims to provide counsellors with essential information on how to understand and best work within a school context. It covers a wide range of problems encountered and includes... (more)
Loneliness, stress and well-being: A helper's guide
Provides a simple method of assessing the degree and nature of a client's loneliness and includes practical strategies for helping such clients manage their social problems. The book is intended for... (more)
Counselling: The skills of finding solutions to problems
Developing the ideas of his text "Counselling: The Skills of Problem Solving", the author shows how to solve problems as well as define them. Step-by-step instructions show how to work in a planned... (more)
Understanding Street Drugs: A Handbook of Substance Misuse for Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals: Second Edition
This fully updated edition of the essential reference Understanding Drugs provides a complete overview of the key facts and core issues surrounding substance misuse. All commonly-used street drugs... (more)
Young children, parents and professionals: Enhancing the links in early childhood
As early education and child care increase, parents and professionals face many questions. This book proposes three dimensions of care giving behaviour, by which parents and professionals can help... (more)
Counselling Students: A Psychodynamic Perspective
An introduction to the main psychological and developmental factors that affect students, and how these typically influence and shape their experiences at university. Using a psychodynamic model, it... (more)
Personal Construct Counselling in Action: Second Edition
Outlines the main principles of personal construct counselling. The authors attempt to help both counsellor and client by describing the range of methods available to help the client discover more... (more)
Narrative Approaches to Working With Adult Male Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse: The Clients’, the Counsellor’s and the Researcher’s Story
Presents first-hand accounts from two male survivors of childhood sexual abuse and from the counsellor who worked with them. The author describes the counsellor's perspective, and draws out the... (more)
Evidence-Based Counselling and Psychological Therapies: Research and Applications
This volume 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. Contributors provide an... (more)
Good Practice in Working with Victims of Violence
Drawing on the experiences of practitioners from a range of backgrounds, this text is a comprehensive study of real or threatened physical violence and its consequences. Personal accounts of children... (more)
Philosophy for Counselling and Psychotherapy: Pythagoras to Postmodernism
This work provides a philosophical background for counsellors, therapists and healthcare workers looking for broader, deeper foundations in the struggle to help and make sense of others. 400 pages. (more)
From the ashes of experience: Reflections on madness, survival and growth
Too often mental health professionals and other social care workers find it easier to focus on discrete elements of an individual's life such as their illness or housing needs, rather than employing... (more)
Emotional and behavioural difficulties: Theory to practice
A concise guide to the major approaches to dealing with emotional and behavioural difficulties - counselling, behavioural approaches, family therapy and class management based on analysis of social... (more)
How Much Is Enough?: Endings in Psychotherapy and Counselling
Looking at the reasons why therapy can go on for too long or can come to a destructively premature ending, this text offers advice on how to avoid either. Using examples and practical guidelines,... (more)
Social work, health and equality:
This book shows that by focusing on the human suffering which arises from the impact of social inequalities on health, social work can make a significant contribution to more equal chances and... (more)
Qualitative researching with text, image and sound: A practical handbook
This book offers a unique resource for today's social researcher. A practical handbook which provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to a broad range of research methods with the... (more)