Counselling People With Disfigurement

by Bradbury, Eileen

• ISBN13: 9781854331762
• ISBN10: 1854331760
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-04-11
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The book addresses both the psychological and social effects of disfigurement. Key aspects of the book include developing 'helping skills', building relationships, identifying problems and working together to meet aims.

Author Biography

Dr Eileen Bradbury is a clinical counsellor in the department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Withington Hospital, Manchester, UK, and a lecturer in Health Psychology at the University of Manchester, UK. She is on the Royal College of Surgeons Steering Group on Audit in Cleft Lip and Palate.

Table of Contents

Preface to the series	vii
Disfigurement and its Treatment	1	(9)
Causes of disfigurement	2	(1)
Physical treatments	3	(3)
Professionals involved in the treatment of disfigurement	6	(4)
Summary	9	(1)
The Psychological and Social Effects of Disfigurement	10	(25)
What are the problems faced by people with disfigurement?	10	(8)
The historical and cultural context	18	(2)
Factors which mediate individual responses	20	(12)
The process model of stress and coping	32	(3)
Summary	34	(1)
The Helping Process	35	(13)
Geneal principles of the helping process	35	(2)
The structure of the helping process	37	(2)
Identifying the problems and resources	39	(2)
The structure of the individual session	41	(2)
Setting the aims	43	(5)
Summary
Helping People with Disfigurement: Qualities of a Skilled Helper	48	(8)
The qualities of skilled helper	48	(3)
The helping relationship	51	(1)
Qualities of skilled helping in the field of visible disfigurement	52	(4)
Summary	55	(1)
Meeting the Needs: Establishing the Relationship	56	(15)
When the adult needs to talk: coping with emotions	56	(3)
When the adult is reluctant to talk: agreeing a basic approach	59	(1)
When the adolescent finds it difficult to talk: establishing a confidential dialogue	60	(3)
Establishing a helping relationship with a child	63	(2)
Establishing a relationship in a crisis situation	65	(2)
When a baby is born with a visible difference: working with parents	67	(4)
Summary	70	(1)
Meeting the Needs: Identifying Problems and Setting Aims	71	(12)
Identifying problems	71	(5)
The SWOT analysis: a way of identifying problems and resources	76	(2)
Setting the aims	78	(5)
Summary	82	(1)
Meeting the Needs: Working Together to Achieve the Aims	83	(36)
Coping with social encounters	83	(11)
Coping with disruption to normal daily life	94	(7)
Making decisions about treatment	101	(3)
Coping with the process of treatment	104	(2)
Reaching a conclusion about further treatment	106	(1)
Coping without treatment	107	(1)
Coping with post-traumatic symptoms	108	(1)
Coping with adjustment to the birth	109	(3)
Coping with the reactions of family and friends	112	(3)
Evaluating outcome and drawing the process to a conclusion	115	(4)
Summary	118	(1)
Conclusions: Helping the Helper	119	(5)
Supervision	119	(3)
Education and training	122	(1)
Support groups	122	(2)
Summary	123	(1)
Appendix A: Support Groups (UK)	124	(2)
Appendix B: Support Groups (USA)	126	(1)
References	127	(2)
Index	129