Contracts in Counselling & Psychotherapy, Second Edition is a practical guide to an essential area of professional knowledge and skills. Any kind of therapeutic relationship requires an agreement between the practitioner and the client. When contracting with clients practitioners need to consider a whole range of factors including the goals of counseling; the theoretical orientation; brief or open-ended counseling; different personality types; and ethical and legal issues. Contracts in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Second Edition provides a unique and informative guide to the nature of counseling contracts, why they are needed and how they are made. For the Second Edition, the book has been thoroughly updated to take account of the BACP ethical framework. New chapters have been added covering legal aspects and making contracts with trainees. Contracts in Counselling & Psychotherapy, Second Edition is an authoritative source of information and practical guidance for trainees and practitioners in Counseling and Psychotherapy.
The book is written in an accessible language and often uses very powerful imagery to underline its message... I found this book to be extremely stimulating, accessible and readable.
This book presents contracting from the viewpoint of the three major therapeutic approaches - cognitive psychodynamic and person-centred.
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)8 Ellis (1973, 2000) offers his humanistic version of cognitively orientated psychotherapy, one which similarly aims to challenge irrational beliefs, inferential distortions and life philosophies ...
This third book in the authoritative BACP Legal Resources for Counsellors and Psychotherapists series provides a user-friendly guide to the law for all those practising and training in the counselling profession.
This is an ideal text for use on counselling and counselling skills courses, especially those training in Gestalt, and recommended reading for anyone who uses Gestalt skills in their work.
Therapy via the internet is a developing field for counsellors. This accessible guide focuses on technological and therapeutic aspects of online work, relevant across all counselling approaches.
This Classic Edition of the book includes a brand new introduction by the author.
Written in a lively and engaging style, this book will enable both supervisors and supervisees to get the best they can from the supervisory experience.
Contracts in employment are of two kinds: the formal, written economic contract and the equally important, informal and unwritten psychological contract-how people think they should be treated.
Structured around the BACP Core Curriculum, and with the help of exercises, case studies and tips for further reading, this book covers everything from the requirements of the BACP Ethical Framework to broader perspectives on good ...