Books

This textbook provides a complete overview of counselling psychology. Covering not only the underlying principles and philosophy of the profession, it offers a uniquely applied perspective in a concise, student-friendly format.

This guide is a comprehensive, easy-to-read introduction to personal counselling, written for professional and volunteer counsellors, and those who train them. The book is an excellent resource for practical training courses in counselling, social work, psychology, welfare and nursing.

This is a guide that takes you step-by-step though what 'counselling' actually is; introducing its basic concepts, historical development, research base and structure of the profession. Demonstrating the far-reaching influence of counselling, the book will show you how its concepts have been applied beyond the consulting room and examine the recent place of counselling in the NHS and wider mental health care.

The book explains the training process from beginning to end, covering topics including: entry requirements, course curriculum and terms and conditions of training; the training relationship and group process; the challenges of training; the outcomes of counselling and psychotherapy training.

Are your students looking to use counselling skills to enhance their existing helping role or wanting to take the first steps towards becoming a professional counsellor? This practical guide will provide them with the ideal 'way-in', showing them what helping and counselling is all about.  

Comprising all the main theory and competencies covered in training, this book takes your students right back to basics, equipping them with the essential nuts and bolts to practice CBT effectively.

Synthesizing the evidence base for cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and translating it into practical clinical guidelines, this book is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of therapists and students.

This is a practical guide to using CBT for treating adults with psychological and psychiatric disorders.

This book presents for the first time, a practical manual for psychodynamic-interpersonal therapy. Drawing on forty years of research, teaching and practice, its expert authors guide you through the conversational model's theory, skills and implications for practice.

This guide provides clinicians with a way of working with patients whose difficulties do not warrant long term therapy, who prefer a talking therapy or who have failed cognitive/behaviour therapies. With the help of examples, it guides the process of assessment and therapy with trauma in mind using the Conversational Model.

Describes the first non-cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to demonstrate efficacy in treating PTSD.
Expands on the actual research study IPT therapist manual and is suitable for use in clinical practice or a future research study.

Practical applications of ideas and skills from contemporary narrative studies to health and social care.

This book is the first to provide a comprehensive model for effectively blending the two main postmodern brief therapy approaches: solution focused and narrative therapies.

Summarises how the theory of narrative can clarify difficulties with emotions, motives and interactions and address how rebuilding confidence and trust is crucial for change to be achieved.

Serving as an indispensable resource for students and general-interest readers alike, this three-volume work provides a comprehensive view of mental health that covers both mental well-being and mental illness.

This book goes beyond expert coverage of traditional and social constructivist theories with coverage of more contemporary approaches to psychotherapy, including spirituality and psychotherapy, strengths-based therapy, neuroscience and neuropsychotherapy, motivational interviewing, and the expressive arts therapies.