The Handbook of Counselling Psychology

by Ray Woolfe

• ISBN13: 9781847870797
• ISBN10: 1847870791
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-08
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

This Third Edition of a seminal text reflects new developments with counselling psychology. It covers areas such as neuroscience, narrative approaches and postmodernist thinking. In six sections which include tradition, challenge and change in counselling psychology, difference and discrimination, and professional and ethical issues, the authors have added new chapters including:- the nature of evidence- interpreting case material- attachment thoery and neuroscience- community psychology- legal frameworks- testing measurement and diagnosis- the interface between psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches.Special attention has been paid to the research evidence, current issues and debates, theoretical and philosophical underpinnings, political and resource issues and illustrative case material.The handbook is an essential companion for students and practitioners in the field of counselling psychology, at all stages of their careeer and across the whole range of settings- NHS, education, private and voluntary.

Author Biography

Ray Woolfe is a Counselling Psychologist in private practice. Sheelagh Strawbridge is a freelance Chartered Psychologist and Registered Counselling Psychologist Barbara Douglas is Registrar for the British Psychological Society's Qualification in Counselling Psychology. Windy Dryden is at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Table of Contents

What Is Counselling Psychology

The Nature and Development of Counselling Psychology

"Disorder" and its Discontents

What is Evidence?

Interpreting Case Material

Tradition, Challenge And Change

Psychodynamic Approaches

Cognitive and Behavioural Approaches

Humanistic Approaches

Narrative Approaches

Towards Integration

Difference And Discrimination

Race, Culture and Belief

Feminism

Sexual Orientation

Developmental Themes

Life Course as a Meta Model for Counselling Psychology

Children and Young People

Young Adults

Families and Couples

Mid Life Issues

Older Adults

Opportunities And Tensions In Different Contexts

Working in NHS Settings

Workplace Settings

Private Settings

Forensic Settings

Educational Settings

Community Psychology: Linking Individuals and Communities

Professional And Ethical Issues

Ethical Issues

Legal Frameworks

Training and Professional Development

Personal Development

Supervision

Future Opportunities And Challenges

Testing, Measurement and Diagnosis

The Interface between Psychopharmacological and Psychotherapeutic Approaches

Attachment Theory and Neuroscience

Counselling Psychology: The Future

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