
Client Issues in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Person-centred Practice
SAGE Publications Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 10. November 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-1-84860-027-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first book to focus on commonly occurring client issues and explore how to work with them from a person-centred perspective. Extensive case studies translate person-centred theory into effective practice, enabling therapists to work successfully with clients presenting a variety of different problems including:
- Post Traumatic Stress
- Depression
- Panic and Anxiety
- Drug and Alcohol Issues
- Eating difficulties
- Self harm
- Childhood Sexual Abuse
Each chapter covers the origin and meaning of the difficulty, the person-centred therapeutic approach and process, and the outcomes. Drawing from a combined 50 years of experience in the field, Paul Wilkins and Janet Tolan bring together leading person-centred therapists to address how and why each problem can be eased by means of working with the person.
This book should be on the desk of every counselling and psychotherapy trainee, and is recommended reading for other practitioners of health and social care working with these client groups.
- Post Traumatic Stress
- Depression
- Panic and Anxiety
- Drug and Alcohol Issues
- Eating difficulties
- Self harm
- Childhood Sexual Abuse
Each chapter covers the origin and meaning of the difficulty, the person-centred therapeutic approach and process, and the outcomes. Drawing from a combined 50 years of experience in the field, Paul Wilkins and Janet Tolan bring together leading person-centred therapists to address how and why each problem can be eased by means of working with the person.
This book should be on the desk of every counselling and psychotherapy trainee, and is recommended reading for other practitioners of health and social care working with these client groups.
Reviews / Votes
'This book is a valuable addition to the literature on person-centred therapy (PCT), dealing as it does with the thornier questions that unsettle every person-centred therapist at some stage in their practice...Written by seasoned practitioners who draw on their experience to illustrate how theory informs the decisions they make in response to dilemmas. As might be expected from person-centred practitioners, the book offers a range of interpretations of theory, reflecting what each author considers to be essentially person-centred. One of the most thought-provoking chapters for me is by Rose Cameron, on self-injury, which takes in new developments in neurobiology...This is an important book, not only for students of the person-centred approach but also for those hungry for a fresh perspective from throughtful practitioners' -Therapy Today
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84860-027-0 (9781848600270)
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Persons
Janet Tolan is a consultant and private pracititioner in Manchester. She has worked extensively in education and training, most recently as leader of the Counselling and Psychotherapy Masters programme at Liverpool John Moores University. Paul Wilkins was Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Human Communication, Manchester Metropolitan University. He publications include Personal and Professional Development for Counsellors (London, SAGE Publications) and Psychodrama (London, SAGE Publications).
Content
Introduction - Paul Wilkins and Janet Tolan
PART ONE: LIFE EVENTS
A Person-Centred Approach to Loss and Bereavement - Sheila Haugh
Person-Centred Approaches to Trauma, Critical Incidents and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Allan Turner
Person-Centred Therapy with Adults Sexually Abused as Children - Jane Power
PART TWO: EMOTIONAL REACTIONS TO LIFE EVENTS
Person-Centred Therapy with People Experiencing Depression: When You Can't Just Snap out of It - Kirshen Rundle
Anxiety and Panic: Person-Centred Interpretations and Responses - Richard Bryant-Jefferies
Person-Centred Approaches to Different Realities - Kirshen Rundle
PART THREE: BEHAVIOURAL REACTIONS TO LIFE EVENTS
Working with Drug and Alcohol Issues - Rose Cameron
Working with Clients Who Have Eating Problems - Barbara Douglas
A Person-Centred Perspective on Self-Injury - Rose Cameron
Person-Centred Therapy in Practice - Paul Wilkins and Janet Tolan
PART ONE: LIFE EVENTS
A Person-Centred Approach to Loss and Bereavement - Sheila Haugh
Person-Centred Approaches to Trauma, Critical Incidents and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Allan Turner
Person-Centred Therapy with Adults Sexually Abused as Children - Jane Power
PART TWO: EMOTIONAL REACTIONS TO LIFE EVENTS
Person-Centred Therapy with People Experiencing Depression: When You Can't Just Snap out of It - Kirshen Rundle
Anxiety and Panic: Person-Centred Interpretations and Responses - Richard Bryant-Jefferies
Person-Centred Approaches to Different Realities - Kirshen Rundle
PART THREE: BEHAVIOURAL REACTIONS TO LIFE EVENTS
Working with Drug and Alcohol Issues - Rose Cameron
Working with Clients Who Have Eating Problems - Barbara Douglas
A Person-Centred Perspective on Self-Injury - Rose Cameron
Person-Centred Therapy in Practice - Paul Wilkins and Janet Tolan