Reflective Practice and Personal Development in Counselling and - Psychotherap

Reflective practice is a vital part of your counselling and psychotherapy training and practice. This book is your go-to introduction to what it is, why it is important, and how to use different models for reflection and reflective practice to enhance your work with clients. It will support your personal development and professional development throughout your counselling training and into your practice.

List of contents

Reflective practice: An overview
Personal development
Your support and development
Reflecting on relationships
Reflecting on practice with research
Emancipatory knowing
Developments within reflective practice by Biljana van Rijn
Evaluating our practice by Biljana van Rijn
The vulnerable researcher: Harnessing reflexivity for practice-based qualitative inquiry by Simon du Plock
How creative writing aids our professional transition by Jeannie Wright

About the author

Sofie Bager-Charleson is a psychotherapist, supervisor and writer. She draws from psychoanalytic, existential and cognitive behavioural theory with a particular interest in postmodern influences on therapy. She holds a PhD from Lund University in Sweden, where she specialised in attachment issues within families and reflective practice amongst teachers. She writes both fiction and non-fiction. She works as the Director of Studies on the MPhil/PhD at Metanoia Institute and Module Leader on the DPsych. She runs workshops and courses in therapeutic practice, reflective and creative writing, in both Sweden and England.

Summary

Go-to introduction to what 'reflective practice' is, why it is important, and how to use different models for reflection and to enhance your work with clients.

Product details

• Authors: Sofie Bager-Charleson
• Assisted by: Sofie Bager-Charleson (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781526477491
• ISBN: 978-1-5264-7749-1
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy: counselling, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services