Understanding Mental Health and Counselling

Naomi Moller is Associate Head of Department in the Department of Social Science at the University of the West of England, Bristol. A counselling psychologist by training, Naomi is also a trainer on UWE's counselling psychology and counselling programmes. Her primary research interests are in the areas of psychotherapy research and training, with a special interest in diversity and attachment. She has published various journal articles, is a reviewer for several psychotherapy journals and is a member of the Editorial board of BACP's Counselling and Psychotherapy Research journal. Naomi has a deep belief in the value of research for counseling and psychotherapy practice. Andreas Vossler is Director of the Foundation Degree in Counselling and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University. He is also a systemic trained couple and family psychotherapist. His current research activities focus on therapeutic work with couples and families, infidelity, Internet infidelity, and counselling and psychotherapy. Andreas is co-editor of the Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Handbook (2014) and Understanding Counselling and Psychotherapy (2010; both Sage). He has authored three textbooks and published 17 book chapters and 19 articles in peer-reviewed papers on topics related to counselling and psychotherapy (family therapy, infidelity, online counselling, health psychology, psychiatry) and research methods. Andreas is on the editorial board of Counselling Psychology Quarterly and Forum Community-Psychology.

Introduction Part 1 Understanding mental health: the emergence of the talking cure Chapter 1 The birth of psychiatry: questions of power, control and care - David W. Jones Chapter 2 The service-user movement - Jo Lomani Chapter 3 The history of the talking cure - Sarah Marks Chapter 4 Diagnosis, classification and the expansion of the therapeutic realm - David Harper Part 2 Presenting problems Chapter 5 Understanding sadness and worry - Naomi Moller and Gina Di Malta Chapter 6 Trauma and crisis - Andrew Reeves and Christina Buxton Chapter 7 Relationships and intimacy - Naomi Moller Chapter 8 Understanding psychological formulation - Lucy Johnstone Part 3 Models of working Chapter 9 The psychodynamic approach - David Kaposi Chapter 10 Cognitive behavioural therapy - Simon P. Clarke Chapter 11 The humanistic approach - Michael Sims and Gina Di Malta Chapter 12 The pluralistic approach - Julia McLeod and John McLeod Part 4 Counselling in practice Chapter 13 The therapeutic relationship - Daragh Keogh and Ladislav Timulak Chapter 14 Beyond the individual - Andreas Vossler Chapter 15 Beyond face to face: technology-based counselling - Andreas Vossler Chapter 16 Context of practice: boundaries and ethics - Clare Symons Part 5 Contemporary issues: mental health and society Chapter 17 The politics of research and evidence - Rebecca Hutten Chapter 18 Mental health, criminal justice and the law - David W. Jones Chapter 19 Individual or social problems? - David Kaposi Chapter 20 Living in a therapeutic culture - Joanne Brown and Barry Richards Conclusion