Written in a lively and engaging style, this book will enable both supervisors and supervisees to get the best they can from the supervisory experience.

An introduction to the major theoretical approaches in counselling and psychotherapy. It includes two chapters on mindfulness and positive therapy, as well as additional content on ethics, and new developments in each approach, including the research and references.

Supported by online resources including case studies, videos and journal articles, this is an authoritative introduction to everything the trainee needs to know to become a professional counsellor or psychotherapist.

Filling a gap for intermediate-level counselling and psychotherapy trainees, this practical, skills-based book takes the beginner to the next stage of their training, whatever their therapeutic approach.

This comprehensive introduction to existential therapy makes a difficult subject accessible, providing a comprehensive survey of past & contemporary ideas, philosophers and research. Later chapters explore cross-cutting contemporary issues in current existential counselling theory & practice and consider the future of the approach.

This book explores how Western European psychotherapists, interviewed between 2016 and 2019, understand spirituality and how they address spiritual matters in clinical sessions.

By studying a purposive sample of 15 Clinicians from Spain, England, Switzerland, Greece, Norway and Denmark, it was found that these shared similar views about spirituality, understood as dynamic, fluid and independent from religion. The interviewed psychotherapists showed great variation in their psychotherapy trai...

As a therapist, you can create an overview and new insights for your clients with the metholology of An Extra Language. It is also a powerful tool to give direction to your questions during the therapy process.

An Extra Language focuses on visualizing the internal and external reality of the client. By working with Duplo figures, the client’s problem is depicted and the inner dialogue is made visible and stimulated. This gives the client a better overview and makes it easier to give direct...

This book examines the therapeutic use of self in counselling and psychotherapy practice. It considers the intertwining of the therapist's professional and personal self - their ways of doing and being with their clients.

Originally published in Portuguese as 'Grande Hotel Abismo'.

In the last two decades recognition - arguably one of the most central notions of the dialectical tradition since Hegel - has once again become a crucial philosophical theme. Nevertheless, the new theories of recognition fail to provide room for reflection on transformation processes in politics and morality.

This book aims to recover the disruptive nature of the dialectical tradition by means of a severe critique of the dominance ...

With the support of excellent contributors, Pam James and Barbara Douglas help students to learn to develop the skills and knowledge required to work effectively with a range of common presenting issues in psycotherapeutic practice, from anxiety to borderline personality disorders.