Counselling and Therapy Techniques
Theory & Practice
- Augustine Meier - Ph.D., certified clinical psychologist, professor Emeritus, Faculty of Human Sciences, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario and Founder and President of the Ottawa Institute for Obj
- Micheline Boivin - M.A., certified clinical psychologist, Psychological Services of the Family, Youth and Children's Program at the Centre for Health and Social Services, Gatineau, Quibec
This is the first book on counseling skills to look in detail at the practical interventions and tools used to establish the therapeutic relationship. Step-by-step, the text teaches the reader exactly how to use these skills with clients to address their concerns and achieve therapeutic change.
Integrative and pluralistic in approach, the text covers the key techniques from all the major therapeutic models, placing them in their historical and theoretical contexts. Techniques covered include empathic responding, experiential focusing, Gestalt, metaphors, task-directed imagery, ego state therapy, solution focused therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy and self-in-relationship therapy.
Key Features
- Presents each technique from the perspective of its underlying theory
- Gives practical instruction on how to deliver each intervention
- Provides extracts from counseling sessions to demonstrate the technique in action
This book is crucial reading for all trainees on counseling and psychotherapy courses or preparing to use counseling techniques in a range of other professional settings. It is also helpful for professionals who wish to acquire additional skills.
'This original and sophisticated book provides advanced students with a focused introduction to the main schools of counselling, offering detailed, accurate and highly specific information about each counselling technique. Ideal reading for postgraduate psychology students, counselling psychology trainees or trainee counsellors, I would recommend this book for my students.' - Dr Fiona Starr, Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Principal Lecturer, School of Health and Social Sciences, Middlesex University
'This book is a pleasure to read. Written in an easy-to-follow format the contents provide the reader with not only the theory of each technique but more importantly the ways in which it can be used. Therapists will find this a useful addition to their bookshelves and to their therapeutic work in general. As someone who taught on Diploma and Masters programmes in Counselling, this book will also be of considerable use to trainee therapists and tutors alike.' - Gladeana McMahon, Co-Director, Centre for Stress Management and Chair of the Association for Coaching UK
This book is an excellent resource for Higher Education Counselling students. The counsellor/client examples given in each chapter superbly illustrate the chosen therapeutic model. Each chapter ends with some thought prevoking reflective questions. Highly recommended!
We cover how counselling fits in with youth work so this is a useful background to the topic
Students find it useful for a general background into the profession
This book is well written but was not suitable for our course due to the substance of the content of the text not being at an appropriate level of complexity for our students. Our students are a mixture of 3rd year and postgraduate students studying a conversion course degree. However, the text would be well aimed at first or second year students gaining entry level to an undergraduate degree and would serve well as an introductory text. For this reason I have forwarded the details to my colleagues in the hope that they will find the text useful in the Social psychology and Health departments for their students.
Comprehesive deatiling of a wide rnage of therapeutic technqiues really helpful for our BA students seeking to extend their technical repetoire for working with clients.
Good overview of therapies for introductory level students
A more critical stance throughout or at least clear reference to research for each approach and limitations thereof would be helpful even for such entry level book.
nevertheless a readable book
but not crucial purchase at degree level
An excellent text providing a useful insight and examples of contempory practice applicable to a range of therapeutic applications and theoretical approaches across the field.
I hope my students will endevour to gain a constructice theoretical and fundermental appreciation of the many examples illustrated in the text.
well done
excellent resource for students to refresh their learning
excellent resource
