商品簡介
'This is a book for every therapist's bookshelf. It provides an accessible overview of the issues at stake concerning the "big questions" in current counselling and psychotherapy practice. It will update longstanding practitioners, help trainers and give students a helping hand in preparing assignments.'-Professor Tim Bond, Head of School, Graduate School of Education, Bristol
'For all those trainees, counsellors and psychotherapists who wish to develop a thoughtful practice.'-Professor Del Loewenthal, Director of the Research Centre for Therapeutic Education, Roehampton University
This innovative book examines the critical debates around key topics in counselling and psychotherapy. In nine sections including Everyday Counselling Practice, Training and Curriculum Issues, and Counselling, Society and Culture, Colin Feltham explores 6o provocative questions central to counselling training and practice.
Ranging from mainstream subjects like unconditional positive regard, ethics and supervision to broader social or philosophical issues such as employment concerns and the debate on assisted suicide, entries include:
-Why have we focused on core theoretical models?
-What are the pros and cons of short-term, time-limited counselling?
-What's wrong with CBT?
-Where is research taking us?
-Is statutory regulation a good and inevitable development?
-Are there limits to personal change in counselling?
Each section includes questions for reflection, case studies and student exercises. This comprehensive, student-friendly text is a useful resource for lecturers to stimulate seminar discussion, and for all trainees wishing to write essays or generally develop their critical thinking in counselling and psychotherapy.
作者簡介
Colin Feltham is series editor of Professional Skills for Counsellors and Short Introductions to the Therapy Professions series, co-editor of The SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy 11* and author of several SAGE texts, including What is Counselling?
