Integrative Psychotherapy in Healthcare - A Humanistic Approach

This unique text provides students and practitioners of counselling and psychotherapy with a much-needed guide to working integratively in time-sensitive and healthcare settings. Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience, infant studies and human development, this innovative text offers an original framework for identifying key therapeutic metaphors to focus and guide the therapeutic process. It will be invaluable to any practitioner-psychotherapist, counsellor, psychologist, psychiatrist, GP, health or social care professional- who has opportunities to make a professional, therapeutic relationship with clients suffering emotional problems.>

List of contents

Introduction
Psychotherapy in Healthcare: Setting the Scene
Psychotherapy Integration
What Might Help a Person in Distress
Therapeutic Relationship Core Concept
Who Has Come for Help?
Therapeutic Skills
Therapeutic Process
Ethical Practice.

About the author

TRICIA SCOTT is Programe Director for the Graduate Diploma/MSc in Psychotherapy and Counselling in Health and Social Care at the University of Surrey, UK, and tutors senior trainees at Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Tricia Scott
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.11.2003
• EAN: 9780333969151
• ISBN: 978-0-333-96915-1
• No. of pages: 187
• Series: Basic Texts in Counselling and Psychotherapy; Basic Texts in Counselling and; Basic Texts in Counselling and Psychotherapy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; B, Medical counselling, Psychotherapy, Counseling, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Counseling Psychology, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection