Client Issues in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Person-centred Practice

by Janet Tolan (Editor), Paul Wilkins (Editor)

Overview

Client Issues in Counselling and Psychotherapy is the first humanistic counseling book to bring together commonly occurring client issues, exploring the origin and meaning of the difficulty, the therapeutic approach and process, and the outcomes. Extensive case material guides you through the nuances and potential pitfalls towards effective practice. Drawing from a combined 50 years of experience in the field, Paul Wilkins and Janet Tolan bring together leading person-centered therapists to address how and why each problem can be eased by means of working with the person.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848600270
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/05/2012
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

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 is Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Human Communication, Manchester Metropolitan University. He publications include Personal and Professional Development for Counsellors (London, SAGE Publications), Psychodrama (London, SAGE Publications).

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

'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

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