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.

A booklet about autonomy, written by an acrredited clinical psychotherapist and healthcare psychologist, containing just forty pages to make sure that everyone may find the time to read it.

Most people will not be familiar with the term ‘autonomy’, but it is one of the most important aspects to safeguard your mental and physical well-being. The moment my clients understand what it means and learn how to apply it, I see how it helps them blossom. It is the synergy between body and mind. Ma...

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.

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.

Examining what it takes to be a competent and confident CBT supervisor and using the authors' unique framework of learning - the PURE Supervision Flower - this book equips trainees with the skills and competencies needed to Prepare for, Undertake, Refine and Enhance supervision practice across a wide range of settings.

Ethics in Counseling and Therapy develops students' ethical competence through an understanding of theory. Houser and Thoma helps the counselor form his or her own ethical identity and reflect on his or her own values and issues by presenting a theoretical framework that draws on theories from disciplines such as philosophy, sociology, and moral psychology.