Overview
`This book covers a significant gap in the relatively spare literature on the person of the counsellor... the chapters... are written in an easy and accessible style' - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling `This book... covers a wide range of topics, including complex matters such as social, cultural, intellectual and personal needs.... It is an interesting trot round some very important topics' - Self & Society In this powerful book, leading counsellors and psychotherapists discuss the emotional, physical, social and professional needs of people who work, or would like to work, in a therapeutic setting, and examine how those needs can be best fulfilled within the rapidly changing context of counselling and psychotherapy today. Drawing on their own experience, views, research and clinical practice, contributors cover topics such as the politics and issues of training, self-development, evaluation, social responsibility and competence.
Full Product Details
Author: Ian Horton ,
Ved Varma ,
Emmy Van Deurzen-Smith
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.440kg
ISBN: 9780761952992
ISBN 10: 0761952993
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 14 November 1997
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
`This book covers a significant gap in the relatively spare literature on the person of the counsellor... the chapters... are written in an easy and accessible style′ - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling `This book successfully presents readers with an overall view of the major issues that concern counsellors and psychotherapists today. The book strikes a nice balance between theoretical and practical issues... [it] will undoubtedly appeal to many practitioners already working in the fields of counselling and psychotherapy... [and] those who aspire to work in the profession′ - British Psychological Society Counselling Psychology Review `This book... covers a wide range of topics, including complex matters such as social, cultural, intellectual and personal needs.... It is an interesting trot round some very important topics′ - Self & Society `Some very important issues are addressed by this book: cross-cultural work, supervision, literature research and evaluation′ - Counselling News
'This book covers a significant gap in the relatively spare literature on the person of the counsellor... the chapters... are written in an easy and accessible style' - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling 'This book successfully presents readers with an overall view of the major issues that concern counsellors and psychotherapists today. The book strikes a nice balance between theoretical and practical issues... [it] will undoubtedly appeal to many practitioners already working in the fields of counselling and psychotherapy... [and] those who aspire to work in the profession' - British Psychological Society Counselling Psychology Review 'This book... covers a wide range of topics, including complex matters such as social, cultural, intellectual and personal needs... It is an interesting trot round some very important topics' - Self & Society 'Some very important issues are addressed by this book: cross-cultural work, supervision, literature research and evaluation' - Counselling News
'This book covers a significant gap in the relatively spare literature on the person of the counsellor... the chapters... are written in an easy and accessible style' - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling 'This book successfully presents readers with an overall view of the major issues that concern counsellors and psychotherapists today. The book strikes a nice balance between theoretical and practical issues... [it] will undoubtedly appeal to many practitioners already working in the fields of counselling and psychotherapy... [and] those who aspire to work in the profession' - British Psychological Society Counselling Psychology Review 'This book... covers a wide range of topics, including complex matters such as social, cultural, intellectual and personal needs... It is an interesting trot round some very important topics' - Self & Society 'Some very important issues are addressed by this book: cross-cultural work, supervision, literature research and evaluation' - Counselling News 'This book covers a significant gap in the relatively spare literature on the person of the counsellor... the chapters... are written in an easy and accessible style' - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling 'This book successfully presents readers with an overall view of the major issues that concern counsellors and psychotherapists today. The book strikes a nice balance between theoretical and practical issues... [it] will undoubtedly appeal to many practitioners already working in the fields of counselling and psychotherapy... [and] those who aspire to work in the profession' - British Psychological Society Counselling Psychology Review 'This book... covers a wide range of topics, including complex matters such as social, cultural, intellectual and personal needs... It is an interesting trot round some very important topics' - Self & Society 'Some very important issues are addressed by this book: cross-cultural work, supervision, literature research and evaluation' - Counselling News
Author Information
Ian Horton is a Principal Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy and Course Director of the Diploma/MA in Therapeutic Counselling/Psychotherapy at the University of East London. He is an Accredited Counsellor and Fellow of the BAC. Ved Varma is now retired. He worked as an educational psychologist at the Tavistock Clinic, London. CONTRIBUTORS Judith Baron British Association of Counselling Rugby Rowan Bayne University of East London Michael Carroll Private Practice Cassie Cooper University of Westminster Joyce Cramond Private Practice Simon du Plock Regents College London Zack Eleftheriadou Private Practice Colin Feltham Hallam University Sheffield Hazel Johns University of Bristol Alan Lidmila Private Practice John McLeod Keele University Alex McGuire Private Practice Brian Thorne University of East Anglia Emmy van Deurzen Schiller University London Sue Wheeler University of Birmingham
