This popular and critically acclaimed Handbook is now available in paperback.

As proven SAGE authors, Janice and Graham Dexter's distinct approach to blending theory and practice will make this book an essential read for developing practitioners getting to grips with the coaching field.

Describing contemporary integrative Gestalt counselling and psychotherapy, this book addresses 30 key issues which helps both trainee and practising counsellors examine and improve crucial areas of their work.

This book takes the approach of Erving Goffman - and its fundamental concepts including frames, stigma, definition of the situation, front and back stages, role distance, communication out of character, interaction rituals - as its focus, and shows how it can be applied in contemporary social contexts

Presenting students with an easy-to-manage introduction to the area, this new text covers all theories that students will encounter on their course focussing on the context of the historical development of criminology as an academic discipline

A down to earth, practical guide to newly qualified social workers on their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment.

Enabling both students and researchers to fully explore the range of research approaches available, this guide demystifies the process of setting up a research study and is ideal as a starter book in research design.

An introduction to the philosophy, theory and practice of the person-centred approach. Focusing on the psychological underpinnings of the approach, this book describes the theory of personality on which it is based and the nature of the therapeutic which is characterised by: unconditional positive regard, empathy, and congruence.

A local community study of tense relations between an established group and outsiders becomes a microcosm that illuminates a range of sociological configurations. The Established and the Outsiders examines the mechanisms of stigmatization, monopolization of power, collective fantasy and `we' and `they' images which support and reinforce divisions in society.

Taking as her starting point the need for students to conduct research for themselves in the `real world', Zina O'Leary guides those new to research through the whys and how-tos of the entire research process. This student-focused book offers a hands on and practical guide to the research process.