Brief Counselling: A Practical Guide for Beginning Practitioners - Couverture souple

Dryden, Windy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0335099726 ISBN 13 : 9780335099726

Editeur : Open University Press, 1992

Synopsis

This practical book is designed to help beginning counsellors and therapists examine and improve their work. It is addressed to those practitioners who choose to, or are obliged to work within a brief contact; and to all those who recognize the reality that counselling and therapy after turn out to be much briefer than their popular image might suggest. The ideas in the book are culled from the authors' own experiences as seasoned practitioners of brief counselling as well as from their work as supervisors and trainees of cousellors. They address the kind of questions frequently asked by trainee and beginning counsellors, and provide guidelines rather than injunctions. They do not assume that any particular counselling orientation is more fitting for brief counselling than any other, and they give various examples of how practitioners from different schools might regard particular issues. They provide helpful hints from a broad perspective and an invaluable resource for fine-tuning the work of counsellors and therapists.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Praise for the previous edition:

“…an excellent resource for all trainee and beginning counsellors irrespective of theoretical orientation. I regard it as a core text for Professional and Clinical Practice components of counsellor education and training courses.”
Ian Horton, formerly Principal Lecturer, University of East London

Praise for the current edition:

"This book is a must. It informs the beginner and experienced counsellor howto undertake brief counselling, step by step, from orienting the client tocounselling, to termination of counselling."
Professor Stephen Palmer, City University, London and Director for the Centre for Stress Management.

Almost two thirds of counsellors and psychotherapists work with clients in up to twenty sessions each: this book reflects that reality and the challenges involved.

The bestselling first edition of this book, by two of the UK's leading counsellor trainers and academics, was praised by trainers and tutors for its accessibility, comprehensiveness and practicality. It was also a leading contribution to the movement towards time-conscious counselling and to an understanding of the therapeutic alliance across time.

The second edition has been thoroughly updated to include significant recent professional developments and new thinking in the counselling field. Additions include more detailed discussion of:

• Assessment
• Contracting
• Very brief counselling
• Clinical reasoning
• Clients' modalities
• Technical repertoire
• Depression and realism
• Supervision of brief counselling

In the rapidly maturing profession of counselling, this book's sensitivity to time as a precious resource, clients' perceptions, evidence-based guidelines and integration of some of the best thinking from several counselling models make it an ideal core text for beginners and reflective practitioners. Thoughtful and busy practitioners in primary care, employee counselling, educational, voluntary and private practice settings will find many immediately helpful ideas and examples in this classic text.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr Colin Feltham is Reader in Counselling, Sheffield Hallam University.

Windy Dryden is Professor Psychotherapeutic Studies, Goldmsiths College, University of London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Open University Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0335099726
• ISBN 13: 9780335099726
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible