Theories of Counselling and Psychotherapy: An Introduction to the Different Approaches

ISBN-13: 9780230576377 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 200 str.

Stephen Joseph

Opis

This new edition of Psychopathology and Therapeutic Approaches provides a clear comparative approach to key models of therapy for students of counselling, psychotherapy and mental health. Through case examples, it shows how treatment is affected by philosophy and theory, and examines contemporary evidence-based practice.

Spis treści

List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Preface Counselling and Psychotherapy Biomedical and Medical Approaches Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Approaches Behavioural and Cognitive Approaches Humanistic and Transpersonal Approaches Social and Cultural Approaches New Developments: Evidence-Based Practice, Eclectic and Integrated Approaches References Index

O autorze

STEPHEN JOSEPH is Professor of Psychology, Health and Social Care at the University of Nottingham, UK, where he is co-director of the Centre for Trauma, Resilience and Growth, and an Honorary Consultant Psychologist in Psychotherapy in Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. He is a senior practitioner member of the British Psychological Society's Register of Psychologists specialising in Psychotherapy.

Blurb

This authoritative overview of the main approaches to counselling and psychotherapy offers a uniquely concise and systematic framework for understanding and comparing different models of working.
 
Bringing together the philosophical and practical elements of a wide range of psychological therapies, Stephen Joseph examines the assumptions and values that unerpin different understandings of mental distress and the various approaches to psychological assessment and treatment. He sets his discussion in the context of the contemporary drive towards evidence-based practice.
 
In particular, he:

• shows how the psychological therapies are affected by philosophy and theory
• brings together psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural and humanistic ideas in one clear and easily navigable structure
• features well-chosen case studies that are revisited in each theoretical model
• includes handy summary charts, new 'topics for reflection', and a full glossary.