All practitioners working in the caring and helping professions face many challenges and questions when dealing with suicidal clients: Is this client being serious? Can I do more? What should I do? Should I refer on? Should I break confidentiality? Have I assessed this client correctly? Both experienced practitioners and trainees wish to have more knowledge about assessing and dealing with suicidal clients.

Suicide: Strategies and Interventions for Reduction and Prevention examines myths about suicide, explores facts and statistics at national and international levels, and...

Solution Focused Coaching in Practice is a practical 'how-to' guide that provides an invaluable overview of Solution Focused Coaching skills and techniques. Reflecting upon published research on the solution focused approach, Bill O'Connell, Stephen Palmer and Helen Williams bring their own experiences of Solution Focused Coaching together with others in the field to cover topics such as: the coach-coachee relationship the role of technology in coaching inclusive coaching group and team coaching practical issues and skills. Incorporating coachee case studies, worksheets, practice tips...

Developmental Coaching explores many of the common transition points we experience throughout life, including teenage transitions, becoming a parent, mid-life and retirement. The book sets these transitions in their social context and reviews them in the light of generational factors.

The book is introduced with key psychological concepts from areas such as lifespan development and positive psychology, in addition to insights from other disciplines, including management theory and sociology. The main topics of discussion are:

• coaching...

The Coaching Relationship discusses how we can integrate process perspectives such as the quality of the coach-coachee relationship, and professional perspectives including the influences of training and supervision, for more effective outcomes.

Stephen Palmer and Almuth McDowall bring together experts from the field of coaching to discuss different aspects of the coach-coachee relationship, topics covered include:

• the interpersonal perspective
• the role of assessment
• ethical issues
• cultural influences
• issues of power.

The...

Developmental Coaching explores many of the common transition points we experience throughout life, including teenage transitions, becoming a parent, mid-life and retirement. The book sets these transitions in their social context and reviews them in the light of generational factors.

The book is introduced with key psychological concepts from areas such as lifespan development and positive psychology, in addition to insights from other disciplines, including management theory and sociology. The main topics of discussion are:

• coaching...

Taking a pragmatic and empirical approach to stress counselling, this book provides a useful guide for psychotherapists, counselling and health psychologists, and practicing and trainee counsellors from all backgrounds. It is a comprehensive guide to stress counselling and stress management from a multimodal perspective.

Councelling in a Multicultural Society is the first title to address cultural issues as they relate to counselling and psychotherapeutic situations. Sensitizing readers to the cultural and racial setting in which counselling occurs, the book aims to raise awareness of the specific counselling needs of those from differing cultural and racial backgrounds. This is done by: providing a detailed account of the salient value systems of Western and non-Western cultures - exploring the impact of culture on identity and of cultural differences on interaction - discussing how to take account of...

Looking at university life from a variety of angles, this book equips the student to be able to deal with stressful situations ranging from exam pressure to relationship problems, from homesickness to managing finances. It is useful for parents and friends wishing to gain a greater understanding of the issues faced at university.

Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice is the first book of its kind to provide extensive information for both the academic and practitioner on the integration of positive psychology science into evidence coaching practice. This 12 chapter edited book has both a theoretical and practical approach focused on the application and integration of a wide range of positive psychological topics in evidence-based coaching practice. Each chapter is written by leading Positive Psychology Coaches with extensive experience with a strong practical emphasis. Topics will include an overview of key...

Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice is the first book of its kind to provide extensive information for both the academic and practitioner on the integration of positive psychology science into evidence coaching practice. This 12 chapter edited book has both a theoretical and practical approach focused on the application and integration of a wide range of positive psychological topics in evidence-based coaching practice. Each chapter is written by leading Positive Psychology Coaches with extensive experience with a strong practical emphasis. Topics will include an overview of key...