An Introduction to Counselling, 4th Edition

✍ Scribed by John McLeod

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 799
• Edition: 4th
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This bestseller provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of counselling and therapy. The book has been thoroughly updated with new references and examples and now has information on topics such as: Transactional analysis The use of natural environment in counselling The contribution of arts-based approaches Integrating theory into practice To help readers, the author has extended the introduction to the book in order to outline the aims of the book and explain its structure so that this is clear to the reader from the outset. The pedagogy of this edition has also been improved in order to enhance learning. Each chapter includes: Topics for further discussion Key terms and concepts Suggested further reading Case studies and illustrations This book remains the book of choice for students and tutors on introductory counselling courses.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 10
1. An introduction to counselling......Page 13
2. The social and historical origins of counselling......Page 32
3. Theory in counselling: using conceptual tools to facilitate understanding and guide action......Page 59
4. Themes and issuesin the psychodynamic approach to counselling......Page 93
5. The cognitive–behavioural approach to counselling......Page 140
6. Theory and practice of the person-centred approach......Page 178
7. Working with family systems......Page 218
8. Constructivist, narrative and collaborative approaches: counselling as conversation......Page 232
9. Transactional analysis: a comprehensive theoretical system......Page 260
10. Existential themes in counselling......Page 278
11. Multicultural counselling......Page 298
12. New horizons in counselling: feminist, philosophical, expressive and nature-base......Page 332
13. Combining ideas and methods from different approaches: the challenge of therapeutic integration......Page 366
14. The counselling relationship......Page 400
15. The process of counselling......Page 434
16. Issues of power and diversity in counselling practice......Page 474
17. Virtues, values and ethics in counselling practice......Page 510
18. Different formats for the delivery of counselling services......Page 552
19. The role of research in counselling and psychotherapy......Page 594
20. Being and becoming a counsellor......Page 624
21. Critical issues in counselling......Page 666
References......Page 686
Index......Page 770