The Shadow and the Counsellor: Working with the Darker Aspects of the Person, the Role and the Profession

by Page,Steve

• ISBN13: 9780415131452
• ISBN10: 0415131456
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-07-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The psychological concept of the "shadow" has not always been fully appreciated by those not grounded in analytical psychology. Yet an understanding of the potentially harmful aspects of themselves and of their professional role can be extremely useful to practitioners across the spectrum of therapeutic approaches, offering counsellors a means of comprehending their personal and professional experience. Using examples from both personal and professional settings,The Shadow and the Counsellorintroduces the concept of shadow, examines how it comes into being and explores its impact within the counselling context. It considers how the counsellors work may be affected by identifying and incorporating material from the shadow into conscious awareness, and applies the concept of shadow to the role of counsellor and counselling itself.

Author Biography

Steve Page is Head of the Counselling Service at the University of Hull.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction	1	(5)
Counsellor: person, shadow and mask	6	(23)
Development of the counsellor and the incorporation of shadow	29	(14)
Denying the shadow	43	(15)
Recognising the shadow	58	(15)
Confronting the shadow	73	(15)
Incorporating the shadow	88	(13)
Shadow as guide	101	(14)
The client: mask, person and shadow	115	(18)
The shadow of the profession	133	(16)
Notes	149	(5)
Bibliography	154	(9)
Author index	163	(3)
Subject index	166