Key Issues for Counselling in Action 2/e

Windy Dryden is one of the leading practitioners and trainers in the UK in the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) tradition of psychotherapy. He is best known for his work in Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT), a leading CBT approach. He has been working in the field of counselling and psychotherapy since 1975 and was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in CBT. He has published over 200 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, the USA, South Africa, Turkey and Israel. He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. Andrew Reeves is a Professor in the Counselling Professions and Mental Health, a Senior BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist and a Registered Social Worker. He is a past-Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Fellow of BACP and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. He has published extensively on working in counselling and psychotherapy, and particularly in working with risk in a range of organisational settings. He is past Editor-in-Chief of Counselling and Psychotherapy Research journal and has a long-standing commitment to ethics in the counselling professions, including in writing and research.

The Therapeutic Alliance as an Integrating Framework - Windy Dryden PART ONE: INITIATING THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE The Very First Contact with People Enquiring about or Seeking Counselling - Windy Dryden Structuring the Counselling Process - Barbara Lawton Initiating Counselling - Phoebe Lambert Client Assessment - Andrew Reeves PART TWO: DEEPENING THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE The Dynamics of Shame in the Therapeutic Relationship - Jules Howdin Working at Relational Depth - Mick Cooper Getting Somewhere: Goals and Problems for Counselling - Pierce O'Carroll Tailoring Your Approach to Different Clients - Windy Dryden PART THREE: DEALING WITH THREATS TO THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE Working with Reluctant Clients - Clive Carswell Working with Transference in Counselling - Jane Macaskie Working with the Concept of Stuckness - Fatima Fernandes Working with Client Dependency - Kirsten Amis PART FOUR: ENDING THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE Working with a Planned Ending - Maggie Robson Anticipating and Working with Unplanned Endings - Maggie Robson PART FIVE: ISSUES FOR THE COUNSELLOR Using Counsellor Supervision - Gail King Feelings of Incompetence in Therapy: Causes, Consequences and Coping Strategies - Anne Theriault and Nick Gazzola Countertransference - Clare Symons How Close do I get to My Clients? - David Tune Counselling and Culture - James Barrott Counsellor Self-Care - Amanda Larcombe Evaluating Counselling and Evidence Based Practice - Ruth Caleb & Dave Berger

This is a wonderful book for the new and trainee counsellor and should be on every courses' book list. It covers a wide area and with the different authors' voices speaking it has a varied tone. -- Sue Nyirenda `This new edition meets the challenges of counselling today and brings alive issues that have arisen in the last twenty years, adding up to an important new text for inclusion in counsellor training' - Colin Feltham, Course Leader in Counselling & Psycholtherapy, Sheffield Hallam University -- UK Reviewsall