Brief Counselling: A Practical Integrative ApproachPraise 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.” 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." 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:
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... counselling 75 Consider how best to use supervision of brief counselling 76 Be alert to your client's dependency on counselling and on you as a counsellor; help clients to orientate themselves towards personal confidence and autonomous ...
... brief and time-limited counselling started to become the norm in many practice settings in Britain. This edition is written at a time when it is common for counsellors to be working – in primary care, employee and student counselling ...
Colin Feltham, Windy Dryden. INTRODUCTION. TO. BRIEF. COUNSELLING. Purpose and structure of the book As the title states, this is a book of practical advice. It is designed to help you examine and improve your work with clients in brief ...
... counselling do not readily lend themselves to particular interventions. The use of homework assignments, for example, is a topic which may arouse some dissent in certain quarters. The very word ... brief psychotherapy 4 Brief Counselling.
... brief psychotherapy ranging from four to 50 sessions. The exact number of sessions to be cited as evidence of counselling being brief is not our concern here, and we shall assume that you, our readers, will be dealing with many clients ...
Contents
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Part II ASSESSING THE CLIENTS CONCERNS | 43 |
Part III INITIATING CHANGE | 89 |
Part IV ENCOURAGING CHANGE THROUGH HOMEWORK | 111 |
Part V COUNSELLING IN THE MIDDLE PHASE | 137 |
Part VI ENDING COUNSELLING | 165 |
Appendix 3 | 192 |
Appendix 4 | 198 |
Appendix 5 | 205 |
Appendix 6 | 207 |
Appendix 7 | 211 |
Appendix 8 | 213 |
References | 215 |
Index | 223 |
Other editions - View all
Brief Counselling: A Practical Guide for Beginning Practitioners Windy Dryden,Colin Feltham No preview available - 2006 |
EBOOK: Brief Counselling: A Practical Integrative Approach Colin Feltham,Windy Dryden No preview available - 2006 |