Self Awareness and Personal Development: Resources for Psychotherapists and Counsellors

ISBN-13: 9780230240186 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 192 str.

Chris Rose

Opis

In counseling and psychotherapy, the professional's self understanding strongly governs the healing potential of the therapeutic relationship.Grounded in humanistic, psychodynamic, and integrative thinking and full of insightful real-life examples, it offers the reader many pathways to better self understanding."

Spis treści

Self Awareness in Psychotherapy and Counselling; C.Rose Thinking about the Self; C.Rose & R.Worsley Developing through Relationships with Others; C.Rose Developing through Conversations; C.Rose Developing through the Written Word; C.Hall Developing through Music; A.Harrison Developing through Visual Imagery; E.Ashby Developing through Embodiment and Movement; T.Warnecke Developing through the Natural Environment; T.Bray Developing through Transcendence; R.Worsley Developing through This Book; C.Rose

O autorze

CHRIS ROSE is a psychotherapist, supervisor and consultant working in private practice and higher education. She has extensive experience in counselling and psychotherapy training as a teacher, group facilitator and course director. She is author of The Personal Development Group: The Students' Guide and is a regular to Therapy Today.

Blurb

Personal development is integral to much counselling and psychotherapy training. Self-awareness and critical reflection are also vital for developing effective therapeutic relationships. This uniquely focused sourcebook offers a fascinating range of approaches to the challenging and sometimes elusive task of self-development and self understanding.
 
The book begins by introducing four core ways of seeing the 'self': as multiple, contextual, open to change, and always in relation
to the 'other'. In its second part, it brings together a range of specialist practitioners to explore different pathways to self understanding. In particular, the book:

• Features an array of stimuli for thinking about and exploring the self, including music, the written word, visual imagery, the natural environment, transcendence, and body psychotherapy
• Demonstrates self reflection in action with insightful case examples
• Draws on a wide range of theory from humanistic, psychodynamic and integrative perspectives
• Encourages a personal response with discussions, exercises and 'points for reflection' throughout

Self Awareness and Personal Development provides hands-on resources for the ongoing project of exploring the self. It is an invaluable text for students, trainees and practitioners in counselling and psychotherapy.