Therapy and Beyond Counselling Psychology Contributions to Therapeutic and Social Issues

by Milton, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780470715482
• ISBN10: 0470715480
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-02
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This book offers an up-to-date review of the knowledge base of the discipline of counseling psychology, addresses the notion of human wellbeing, and critiques the concept of "psychopathology." It includes an assessment of the contributions that counseling psychology makes to understanding people as individuals, in their working lives, and in wider social domains. It also critiques contemporary challenges facing research, as well as the role that research methods have in responding to questions about humanity and individual experience.

Author Biography

MARTIN MILTON is based in the Department of Psychology at the University of Surrey. He is a chartered psychologist, a British Psychological Society (BPS) psychologist specializing in psychotherapy, and a UKCP registered psychotherapist Martin worked in the British National Health Service and currently runs his own independent practice He has also been active in the BPS Division of Counseling Psychology.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Therapy and Beyond: Counselling Psychology Contributions to Therapeutic and Social Issues

Fundamentals of Counselling Psychology

Philosophical Pluralism: Navigating the Sea of Diversity in Psychotherapeutic and Counselling Psychology Practice

Existential-phenomenological Contributions to Counselling Psychology's Relational Framework

Counselling Psychology and Research: Revisiting the Relationship in the Light of Our 'Mission'

Understanding Human Distress: Moving beyond the Concept of 'Psychopathology'

Being with Humans: An Evolutionary Framework for the Therapeutic Relationship

Ethics: The Fundamental Dimension of Counselling Psychology

Models of Practice

Different Theoretical Differences and Contextual Influences

Humanistic Contributions to Pluralistic Practice

Psychodynamic Contributions to Pluralistic Practice

Cognitive-behavioural Contributions to Pluralistic Practice: Reflections on an Issue of Some Contention

Amor Fati: Existential Contributions to Pluralistic Practice

Counselling Psychology and theWiderWorld

The Counselling PsychologistWorking in a Pain Context

Working with Sport and Exercise Psychologists: AWinning Combination?

The 'R' Word

Counselling Psychology Contributions to Understanding Sexuality

Counselling Psychology Contributions to Religion and Spirituality

Counselling Psychology and the Media: The Highs and Lows

Coming Home to Roost: Counselling Psychology and the NaturalWorld

Epilogue: And Finally. . .

Index

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