Main description:

Provides an engaging and accessible introduction to the psychology of counselling.

Bridges the gap between research and practice and provides insights into a way forward between the two, by highlighting the need for counselling practitioners to reframe their thoughts on research and for training providers to review the scientist practitioner model.

Includes further reading aimed at students wishing to use it as a primer for further study.

Part of a popular series of books providing an accessible precis of the psychological of popular and contemporary topics.

Contents:

1. Counselling Past, Present & Future. 2. Freud - Revisited and Reconsidered. 3. Humanistic psychology - a person-centred approach. 4. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. 5. The Promise of Positive Psychology. 6. The Healing space - a changing landscape. 7. Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy. 8. Professional issues in counselling. 9. Notes. 10. Further reading and web resources. 11. References.