Psychodynamic Counselling in Action

Michael Jacobs was for many years director of the counselling and psychotherapy programme at the University of Leicester. He is one of the pioneers of psychodynamic counselling and therapy in Britain. He has written and edited over sixty books including Sigmund Freud (SAGE, 2nd edition, 2003) and D.W. Winnicott (SAGE, 1995). He has been a visiting professor at Leeds and Bournemouth Universities and has a Ph.D, his thesis being on psychoanalytic criticism of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. He has retired from practice as a therapist and supervisor, and as a teacher and trainer, but maintains a keen interest in the development of psychodynamic thinking and practice.

Chapter 1: Introducing the Psychodynamic Approach Chapter 2: The First Session Chapter 3: After the First Session Chapter 4: The Importance of Time and Boundaries Chapter 5: The Middle Phase of Counselling: Reaching Deeper Chapter 6: The Middle Phase of Counselling: The Centrality of the Therapeutic Relationship Chapter 7: Breaks and Endings