Focusing on the client-therapist relationship at the core of counselling & psychotherapy practice, this book introduces a model effective across all therapeutic approaches. It provides a cross-modality framework for practice by engaging the trainee directly in the drama of the therapeutic encounter.

The drawing movement method (DMM) is a form of guided self-research, applicable in both a therapeutic setting and in the framework of coaching and process guidance. Because of the universal character of the exercises, DMM can be applicable in ever-changing forms, for many target groups, both in a group setting and individually.

The method consists of twenty-nine drawing movement exercises, each with its specific goal and routine. The exercises are aimed at developing awareness of the body and...

The idea 'Brief Therapy' was introduced by the Palo Alto-school: John Weakland and Don Jackson and later on Paul watzlawick, Dick Fisch and Carlos Sluski. In this book, the Bruges Model of Brief Therapy is described. It was developed by the Korzybski-institute in Bruges (Belgium) with Luc Isebaert, Marie-Christine Cabié, Louis Cauffman and Myriam Le Fevere de Ten Hove. The participants of the 'Therapeutic Conversations 3'-congres in Denver (Colorado- USA) in 1996 gave it the name 'Bruges Mod...

This book provides step-by-step guidance on identifying, understanding and managing countertransference. It pays particular attention to ethical and cultural issues.

The book presents the key elements of rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT), both theory and practice, accessibly and in as few words as possible - it is a primer on REBT for beginning counsellors or those who want a straightforward overview.

This volume brings together the historical context, current theories, research and issues involved in the practice of counseling women.

This book will show you how to release the inner joy and romance of your relationship.You can return to love as it was when you first met: experiencing a longing for each other, being interested in each other's thoughts, feelings and activities, and experiencing mutual sexual desire. In other words, really sharing life together! It might sound utopian, but with the right insights and tools it becomes surprisingly easy.In her fifth book, author and psychologist Ingeborg Bosch shows you how thi...

‘Dora’ is one the most important and interesting case studies Sigmund Freud conducted and later described. It constitutes a key text in his oeuvre and finds itself at the crossroads of his studies in hysteria, the theory of sexuality and dream interpretation. The Dora case is both a literary and theoretically ground-breaking text and an account of a ‘failed’ treatment. In Dora, Hysteria and Gender renowned Freud scholars reflect on the Dora case, presenting various innovative and cont...

I was an “ordinary” housewife, tending our home and newborn son. My husband, David, was a dentist in the Air Force, learning to salute. Our son lightened our lives, watching him take his fi rst steps, seeing him grow. Fast-forward ten years: a house of our own, fi ve children and two dogs. I felt my world shrinking even as it seemed to be expanding. I “ran away from home” to see what else was out there. Fair housing and civil rights movements were born…and I began to hatch.

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