Counselling Books
Cultures of care: Biographies of carers in Britain and the two Germanies
This work compares the experiences of unpaid family carers in three different welfare systems. It investigates the inter-relatedness of the personal and the social, how individual lives are shaped by... (more)
Counselling in primary health care:
Aims to help all those in the primary care team to examine their role as counsellors to their patients or as the gateway to other counselling services. The book examines the different points of view... (more)
Gender loving care: A guide to counseling gender-variant clients
While transsexualism has always been part of the human experience, only recently have people "trapped in the wrong body" sought psychological care in large numbers. This book provides background... (more)
The social work psychoanalyst's casebook: Essays in honour of Jean Sanville
This text offers accounts of nine analyses that cover in detail what transpired between analysts and their analysands during the treatment hours. The theoretical perspectives and therapeutic... (more)
Philosophy practice: An alternative to counselling and psychotherapy
A description of the practice of philosophical counselling, which is emerging as an alternative to psychotherapy. It discusses the main theoretical aspects of this practice, based on a dialogue... (more)
The phoenix phenomenon: rising from the ashes of grief:
A balanced work of hope and promise about living after a loved one has died - about alchemizing pain and despair into something empowering, purposeful, transcendent. The author, a bereavement... (more)
Enhancing counselor intervention strategies: An integrational viewpoint
Prepares future professionals in the field of counselling psychology with a guide to theory and practice, linking learning principles with therapeutic change modalities. It also teaches the... (more)
Counselling and helping carers:
The needs of carers are sometimes unclear and many health or voluntary workers are uncertain about their role in relation to the carers and their needs. This book provides basic counselling and... (more)
Working in Social Care: A systemic approach
This book is designed to aid the practitioner in all social care settings. It covers the systemic approach from three main perspectives: key principles to help guide practice and teaching; the... (more)
Counselling children with chronic medical conditions:
A practical manual of counselling skills for working with children with chronic medical and physical conditions. The book explores the child's understanding of their body and illness, how to... (more)
Infertility and involuntary childlessness: Helping couples care
Infertility affects one in six couples and is at once a medical, psychological and social problem. This book shows therapists how to help individuals and couples cope with this crisis. 178 pages. (more)
The complete guide to outplacement counseling:
This text focuses on the process of assisting employees who have lost their jobs to develop career plans and to find new employment. Topics include: the theoretical basis of outplacement counselling;... (more)
Counselling and Communication Skills for Medical and Health Practitioners
Acknowledges the complimentary parts that counselling and psychotherapy play. (more)
Brief therapeutic consultations: An approach to systemic counselling
This text outlines the theory and practice of brief therapeutic consultations. Based on a life-cycle perspective, and within a systematic framework, this approach seeks to involve the consultant... (more)
Counselling Couples in Relationships
An introduction to the RELATE approach. 208 pages. (more)