Handbook of Counselling Psychology
3rd Edition
Published on 17. November 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
712 pages
978-1-84787-079-7 (ISBN)
Description
"This book has done the almost impossible - improve on what was an informative and worthwhile second edition." -
Gella Richards, Roehampton University, London
"The Handbook of Counselling Psychology continues to be a key resource for people considering undertaking a career as a counselling psychologist, current students and more experienced practitioners. It has continued to develop its focus over time and has justly earned a reputation as a classic text... This book deserves a place on the bookshelf of every Counselling Psychologist. " -
Professor Rachel Tribe, Director of Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and related programmes at the University of East London
"The contents cover key areas of theory and practice include the key issue of reflexivity that is a particular philosophy and signifier of this profession. The articulation of future opportunities highlights some leading-edge ideas."
Professor Vanja Orlans, Metanoia Institute/Middlesex University
This third edition of a seminal text reflects new developments with counselling psychology. In six sections, it covers areas such as neuroscience, narrative approaches and post-modernist thinking. New chapters include:
- the nature of evidence
- interpreting case material
- attachment thoery and neuroscience
- community psychology
- legal frameworks
- testing measurement and diagnosis
- the interface between psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches.
Special attention has been paid to the research evidence, current issues and debates, theoretical and philosophical underpinnings, political and resource issues and illustrative case material.
The handbook is an essential companion for students and practitioners in the field of counselling psychology, at all stages of their careeer and across the whole range of settings- NHS, education, private and voluntary.
Gella Richards, Roehampton University, London
"The Handbook of Counselling Psychology continues to be a key resource for people considering undertaking a career as a counselling psychologist, current students and more experienced practitioners. It has continued to develop its focus over time and has justly earned a reputation as a classic text... This book deserves a place on the bookshelf of every Counselling Psychologist. " -
Professor Rachel Tribe, Director of Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and related programmes at the University of East London
"The contents cover key areas of theory and practice include the key issue of reflexivity that is a particular philosophy and signifier of this profession. The articulation of future opportunities highlights some leading-edge ideas."
Professor Vanja Orlans, Metanoia Institute/Middlesex University
This third edition of a seminal text reflects new developments with counselling psychology. In six sections, it covers areas such as neuroscience, narrative approaches and post-modernist thinking. New chapters include:
- the nature of evidence
- interpreting case material
- attachment thoery and neuroscience
- community psychology
- legal frameworks
- testing measurement and diagnosis
- the interface between psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches.
Special attention has been paid to the research evidence, current issues and debates, theoretical and philosophical underpinnings, political and resource issues and illustrative case material.
The handbook is an essential companion for students and practitioners in the field of counselling psychology, at all stages of their careeer and across the whole range of settings- NHS, education, private and voluntary.
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 186 mm
Weight
1271 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84787-079-7 (9781847870797)
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Persons
Ray Woolfe is a Counselling Psychologist in private practice. Sheelagh Strawbridge is a Chartered Psychologist and Registered Counselling Psychologist. Windy Dryden is one of the leading practitioners and trainers in the UK in the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) tradition of psychotherapy. He is best known for his work in Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT), a leading CBT approach. He has been working in the field of counselling and psychotherapy since 1975 and was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in CBT.
He has published over 200 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, the USA, South Africa, Turkey and Israel.
He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.
He has published over 200 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, the USA, South Africa, Turkey and Israel.
He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Content
PART ONE: WHAT IS COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY?
The Nature and Development of Counselling Psychology - Sheelagh Strawbridge and Ray Woolfe
'Disorder' and Its Discontents - Barbara Douglas
What Is Evidence? - Sarah Corrie
Interpreting Case Material - John Davy
PART TWO: TRADITION, CHALLENGE AND CHANGE
Psychodynamic Approaches - Rosemary Rizq
Cognitive and Behavioural Approaches - Diana Sanders
Humanistic Approaches - Simon Du Plock
A Narrative Approach to Counselling Psychology - John Davy
Towards Integration - Maja O'Brien
PART THREE: DIFFERENCE AND DISCRIMINATION
Cross-Cultural Counselling Psychology - Zak Eleftheriadou
Feminist Perspectives - Carolyn Kagan, Carol Tindall and Julia Robinson
Relational Trauma - Lynne Jordan
Sexual Identities: Meanings for Counselling Psychology Practice - Martin Milton and Colin Hicks
PART FOUR: DEVELOPMENTAL THEMES
The Life Course: A Neo-Pragmatic Meta-Model of Usefulness - Leonie Sugarman
Children and Young People - Samantha Heywood
Psychological Counselling with Young Adults - Cassie Cooper
Working with Families - Katrina Alilovic and Sarah Yassine
Midlife Issues - Simon Biggs
Psychological Therapy with Older Adults - Fiona Goudie
PART FIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND TENSIONS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS
Counselling Psychology in the NHS - Pam James and Alan Bellamy
Counselling Psychology in the Workplace - Stephen Palmer and Kristina Gyllensten
Working in Private Practice - Jacqui Porter
Forensic Settings - Clive Sims
Counselling Psychology in Educational Settings - Dee Danchev
Community Psychology: Linking the Individual with the Community - Carolyn Kagan, Carol Tindall and Julia Robinson
PART SIX: PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES
Ethical Issues - Carol Shillito-Clarke
Legal Frameworks - Diane Hammersley
Training and Professional Development - Peter Martin
Personal Development - Rosemary Rizq
Supervision - Ray Woolfe and Margaret Tholstrup
PART SEVEN: FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
The Collaborative Use of Psychometric Assessment - Susan van Scoyoc
The Interface between Psychopharmacological and Psychotherapeutic Approaches - Diane Hammersley
Attachment and Its Relationship to Mind, Brain, Trauma and the Therapeutic Endeavour - Mary Heller
The Future of Counselling Psychology - Ralph Goldstein
The Nature and Development of Counselling Psychology - Sheelagh Strawbridge and Ray Woolfe
'Disorder' and Its Discontents - Barbara Douglas
What Is Evidence? - Sarah Corrie
Interpreting Case Material - John Davy
PART TWO: TRADITION, CHALLENGE AND CHANGE
Psychodynamic Approaches - Rosemary Rizq
Cognitive and Behavioural Approaches - Diana Sanders
Humanistic Approaches - Simon Du Plock
A Narrative Approach to Counselling Psychology - John Davy
Towards Integration - Maja O'Brien
PART THREE: DIFFERENCE AND DISCRIMINATION
Cross-Cultural Counselling Psychology - Zak Eleftheriadou
Feminist Perspectives - Carolyn Kagan, Carol Tindall and Julia Robinson
Relational Trauma - Lynne Jordan
Sexual Identities: Meanings for Counselling Psychology Practice - Martin Milton and Colin Hicks
PART FOUR: DEVELOPMENTAL THEMES
The Life Course: A Neo-Pragmatic Meta-Model of Usefulness - Leonie Sugarman
Children and Young People - Samantha Heywood
Psychological Counselling with Young Adults - Cassie Cooper
Working with Families - Katrina Alilovic and Sarah Yassine
Midlife Issues - Simon Biggs
Psychological Therapy with Older Adults - Fiona Goudie
PART FIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND TENSIONS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS
Counselling Psychology in the NHS - Pam James and Alan Bellamy
Counselling Psychology in the Workplace - Stephen Palmer and Kristina Gyllensten
Working in Private Practice - Jacqui Porter
Forensic Settings - Clive Sims
Counselling Psychology in Educational Settings - Dee Danchev
Community Psychology: Linking the Individual with the Community - Carolyn Kagan, Carol Tindall and Julia Robinson
PART SIX: PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES
Ethical Issues - Carol Shillito-Clarke
Legal Frameworks - Diane Hammersley
Training and Professional Development - Peter Martin
Personal Development - Rosemary Rizq
Supervision - Ray Woolfe and Margaret Tholstrup
PART SEVEN: FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
The Collaborative Use of Psychometric Assessment - Susan van Scoyoc
The Interface between Psychopharmacological and Psychotherapeutic Approaches - Diane Hammersley
Attachment and Its Relationship to Mind, Brain, Trauma and the Therapeutic Endeavour - Mary Heller
The Future of Counselling Psychology - Ralph Goldstein