Choosing a Counselling or Psychotherapy Training: A Practical Guide

✍ Scribed by Sylvie Schapira

• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 255
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

There are a bewildering number of counselling and psychotherapy courses on offer: yet often trainees are not fully aware of the implications of their choice of course for their time, finances and future career until they have already begun training. Choosing a Counselling or Psychotherapy Training takes the reader through all the stages of the therapeutic training path, looking at everything from starting a course to employment prospects.Informative and realistic, the book includes: Theoretical approaches to counselling and psychotherapy Preparation for starting a course: costs and course contentQualifications, registration, accreditation and researchCareers in therapyChoosing a Counselling or Psychotherapy Training is essential preparatory reading for all those embarking on counselling or psychotherapy courses, as well as for trained counsellors and therapists considering their career development.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
AN OVERVIEW TO THE FIELD......Page 22
THEORETICAL APPROACHES: BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION......Page 45
TOWARDS HUMANISTIC THERAPY......Page 58
TOWARDS COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL THERAPIES......Page 72
THINKING OF BECOMING A COUNSELLOR OR PSYCHOTHERAPIST?......Page 80
PREPARATION FOR STARTING A COURSE......Page 105
WHAT TO EXPECT ON A COURSE: INTRODUCTION, CERTIFICATE AND DIPLOMA......Page 116
QUALIFICATIONS, REGISTRATION, ACCREDITATION AND RESEARCH......Page 151
OTHER FORMS OF THERAPY AND SPECIALISED TRAINING......Page 170
CAREERS IN THERAPY......Page 195
List of resources......Page 214
Glossary......Page 236
Sample contract between therapist and client......Page 240
Sample contract between supervisor and supervisee......Page 242
Questions......Page 244
Index......Page 247