Developing Your Counselling and Psychotherapy Skills and Practice

by Ladislav Timulak

• ISBN13: 9781848606234
• ISBN10: 1848606230
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-19
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

This book offers a helping hand to trainees wishing to make the transition to the next level in their counselling and psychotherapy training. With wide-ranging content closely aligned to actual practice, this intermediate level text covers the research-informed skills, interventions, processes and issues that students need to know once they've covered the basics. It includes:- Specific techniques from different therapeutic orientations- How to tailor the skills or approach used to the specific client problem- Case conceptualisation and management- Therapeutic alliance; establishing and exploring the relationship- Ethics- Multidisciplinary working- How to deal with situations such as silence, crying, and aggression.Integrating cognitive, behavioural, person-centred/experiential and psychodynamic approaches, the author provides research-informed practical instructions on how to deliver therapy and includes extracts from counselling sessions to demonstrate the skills in action.This is essential reading for postgraduates on Counselling and Psychotherapy Diplomas and Masters courses, and will also be of benefit to Clinical and Counselling Psychology students.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Current Psychotherapy and Counselling

Basic Skills of Conducting Psychotherapy and Counselling

Building the Therapeutic Alliance

Case Conceptualization

Ethical Aspects of Psychotherapy and Counselling

Interventions Facilitating Exploration and Understanding

Promotion of Change and Its Application outside the Therapy Session

Specific Therapeutic Techniques

Adjusting Therapeutic Strategy

Specific Situations in the Process of Therapy

Specifics of Psychotherapy and Counselling for Some Psychological Disorders and Difficulties

Conclusion

References

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