The Beginner′s Guide to Counselling & Psychotherapy, 2nd Edition

Are you interested in the field of counselling and psychotherapy or just starting out in your training? Trying to get to grips with the many different approaches and decide which are right for you? This book can help!

An ideal introductory text that assumes no prior knowledge, leading authors in the field provide overviews of 26 counselling and psychotherapy approaches in accessible, jargon-free terms. Each approach is discussed using the same framework to enable easy comparison and evaluation, covering:

• Development of the Therapy
• Theory and Basic Concepts
• Practice
• Which Clients Benefit Most?
• Case study

Four further chapters offer an insight into the therapeutic relationship, working with diversity, professional issues, and research, while resources such as suggested reading, discussion issues, appendices of further information and a comprehensive glossary help you consolidate your learning.

So look no further if you want to know the differences between counselling and psychotherapy, compare psychodynamic and psychoanalytic theories, discover how constructivist approaches can be applied in practice, learn about third wave CBT therapies, or just get an general overview of the field; this second edition of a bestseller gives you a whirlwind tour of the breadth, complexity, fascination and problems of the field of counselling and psychotherapy.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Colin Feltham and Stephen Palmer
Chapter 2 Alanna O’Broin
Chapter 3 Jenny Warner and Gerhard Baumer
Chapter 4 Lesley Murdin
Chapter 5 Jean Stokes
Chapter 6 Julia Segal
Chapter 7 Joda Lloyd and Frank W. Bond
Chapter 8 Berni Curwen, Peter Ruddell and Stephen Palmer
Chapter 9 Kasia Szymanska and Stephen Palmer
Chapter 10 Paul Gilbert and Chris Irons
Chapter 11 Christine Dunkley and Stephen Palmer
Chapter 12 Donald J. Robertson
Chapter 13 Michael Neenan
Chapter 14 Emmy van Deurzen
Chapter 15 Ken Evans and Maria Gilbert
Chapter 16 Kate Hayes
Chapter 17 John Rowan
Chapter 18 Jean Hardy and Diana Whitmore
Chapter 19 Ian Stewart and Mark Widdowson
Chapter 20 Ian B. Kerr and Stephen Kellett
Chapter 21 Elizabeth Robinson and Graham Dyson
Chapter 22 Richard Nelson-Jones and Stephen Palmer
Chapter 23 Stephen Palmer
Chapter 24 John McLeod and Mick Cooper
Chapter 25 Anja Bjorшy, Stephen Madigan and David Nylund
Chapter 26 Juliet Grayson and Brigit Proctor
Chapter 27 Fay Fransella and Stephen Palmer
Chapter 28 Bill O’Connell
Chapter 29 Roy Moodley and Shafik Sunderani
Chapter 30 Carina Eriksen, Robert Bor and Margaret Oakes
Chapter 31 Terry Hanley and Laura Anne Winter