Ebook: Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy: The Essential Guide

Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy is the essential guide to the range of approaches used in current practice.All of the major schools of counselling and psychotherapy are covered, as well as many that are less well known.

Ideal as a first text for student counsellors or psychotherapists, this comprehensive introduction will help them locate their initial training within the broad context of different therapeutic approaches and help them to discover the specific areas to which they feel the greatest leaning. The book also features a substantial glossary of terms which will continue to provide a useful source of reference for future reading.

Each chapter introduces a specific approach and includes:

В· a clear explanation of the core concepts and their use in practice

В· an illustrative case study

В· profiles of the clients who benefit most from the approach

В· advice on further reading

В· issues for discussion.

This book will be of enormous value to everyone doing an introductory training course in counselling or psychotherapy, and also to potential clients who want to decide what form of counselling or therapy might benefit them most.