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Are you interested in the field of counselling and psychotherapy or just starting out in your training? Trying to get to grips with the many different approaches and decide which are right for you? This book can help!
An ideal introductory text that assumes no prior knowledge, leading authors in the field provide overviews of 26 counselling and psychotherapy approaches in accessible, jargon-free terms. Each approach is discussed using the same framework to enable easy comparison and evaluation, covering:
· Development of the Therapy
· Theory and Basic Concepts
· Practice
· Which Clients Benefit Most?
· Case study
Four further chapters offer an insight into the therapeutic relationship, working with diversity, professional issues, and research, while resources such as suggested reading, discussion issues, appendices of further information and a comprehensive glossary help you consolidate your learning.
So look no further if you want to know the differences between counselling and psychotherapy, compare psychodynamic and psychoanalytic theories, discover how constructivist approaches can be applied in practice, learn about third wave CBT therapies, or just get an general overview of the field; this second edition of a bestseller gives you a whirlwind tour of the breadth, complexity, fascination and problems of the field of counselling and psychotherapy.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword - Cary Cooper
Introduction - Stephen Palmer
An Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy - Stephen Palmer and Colin Feltham
The Therapeutic Relationship - Alanna O'Broin
Psychodynamic Approaches
Adlerian Counselling and Psychotherapy - Jenny Warner and Gerhard Baumer
Psychodynamic (Freudian) Counselling and Psychotherapy - Lesley Murdin
Psychodynamic (Jungian) Counselling and Psychotherapy - Jean Stokes
Psychodynamic (Kleinian) Counselling and Psychotherapy - Julia Segal
Cognitive Behavioural Approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Joda Lloyd and Frank Bond
Behaviour Therapy - Berrni Curwen, Peter Ruddell and Stephen Palmer
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - Kasia Szymanska and Stephen Palmer
Compassion Focused Therapy - Paul Gilbert and Chris Irons
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy - Christine Dunkley and Stephen Palmer
Hypnotherapy - Donald Robertson
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy - Michael Neenan
Humanistic-Existential Approaches
Existential Counselling - Emmy van Deurzen
Gestalt Therapy - Ken Evans and Maria Gilbert
Person-Centred Therapy - Kate Hayes
Primal Integration - John Rowan
Psychosynthesis - Jean Hardy, Helen Sieroda and Diana Whitmore
Transactional Analysis - Ian Stewart and Mark Widdowson
Integrative and Eclectic Approaches
Cognitive Analytic Therapy - Stephen Kellett and Ian Kerr
Interpersonal Psychotherapy - Elizabeth Robinson and Graham Dyson
Lifeskills Counselling - Richard Nelson-Jones and Stephen Palmer
Multimodal Therapy - Stephen Palmer
Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy - John McLeod and Mick Cooper
Constructivist Approaches
Narrative Therapy - Anja Bjoroy, Stephen Madigan and David Nylund
Neuro-Linguistic Programming - Juliet Grayson
Personal Construct Counselling and Psychotherapy - Fay Fransella and Stephen Palmer
Solution-Focused Therapy - Bill O'Connell
Research and Professional Practice Issues
Diversity in Counselling and Psychotherapy - Roy Moodley and Claire Barnes
Professional Issues in Counselling and Psychotherapy - Robert Bor, Carina Eriksen and Margaret Oakes
Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy - Terry Hanley and Laura Anne Cutts
Afterword - Stephen Palmer
Appendices 1-3 - Stephen Palmer
Glossary
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Professor Stephen Palmer PhD is an award winning psychologist and psychotherapist. He is Founder Director of the Centre for Stress Management, London. He is the UK′s first Visiting Professor of Work Based Learning and Stress Management at Middlesex University. He has authored/edited over 50 books including The Beginner′s Guide to Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2015). He is Co-editor of the European Journal of Counselling Theory, Research and Practice. Currently he is Honorary President of the International Stress Management Association; President of the International Society for Coaching Psychology; Founder Co-Chair of the London Branch of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies; a Founder Director and Vice President of the Society of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and a Director and Deputy Chair of the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. His interests include jazz, art and coastal walking.
Zusammenfassung
Written by leading authors in the field, this ideal introductory text assumes no prior knowledge and provides overviews of 26 counselling and psychotherapy approaches in accessible, jargon-free terms.
Bericht
Written by established leaders in the field and talented (relative) newcomers, this book is a comprehensive introduction to the wider field of counselling and psychotherapy and as such will be useful to trainees across a range of the psychological professions. The chapters on diversity, research and professional issues are a crucial and welcome addition to the field and should enable practitioners to recognise their wider role in clients lives.
Professor Martin Milton
