Witness and Vision of the Therapists

Informationen zum Autor Colin Feltham is series editor of Professional Skills for Counsellors and Short Introductions to the Therapy Professions series, co-editor of SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy and author of several SAGE texts, including What is Counselling? Klappentext This fascinating book presents the views of experienced therapists and counsellors on what is learnt about aspects of human nature from the many hours spent witnessing clients' stories. Contributors write about their observations on working with people whose suffering is associated with social marginalization, family breakdown, the gay community, the AIDS epidemic, the Holocaust, and with people in groups, those who have experienced disaster and personal trauma, or depression, and those who have murdered. The book takes us to some of the depths of human suffering in order to illustrate the value and impact of therapy, and some of the failings and disillusionment of therapy. The material provides insights and hypotheses bearing on the human condition itself, and the contributors do not avoid disclosing some of their own struggles, doubts and suffering. Zusammenfassung This work demonstrates the link between individual! clinical work and its wider social significance! and shows how society's problems inevitably find their way into the private "confessions" of counselling clients. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Colin Feltham If I Am Only for Myself, Who Am I? From Trainee to Counsellor - Adrienne Baker Psychotherapy and Community Care - David Brandon and Jane Akister Therapy with Gay Men in the Era of AIDS - Todd Butler and Norman Leitman The Lessons from Group Therapy - Ian Craib In Search of Meaning and Sanity - Colin Feltham Suffering, Evolution and Psychotherapy - Paul Gilbert Counselling with Holocaust Survivors - Judith Hassan Deeper Dungeons, Deeper Insights - Bob Johnson Therapy as a Spiritual Process - William West ...

Product details

• Authors: Colin Feltham
• Assisted by: Colin Feltham (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.07.1998
• EAN: 9780761951599
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5159-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy: counselling, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services, Counseling & Psychotherapy