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Therapy and Beyond (eBook, ePUB)

Counselling Psychology Contributions to Therapeutic and Social Issues

Redaktion: Milton, Martin

Beschreibung

Therapy and Beyond: Counselling Psychology Contributions to Therapeutic and Social Issues presents an overview of the origins, current practices, and potential future of the discipline of counselling psychology. * Presents an up-to-date review of the knowledge base behind the discipline of counselling psychology that addresses the notion of human wellbeing and critiques the concept of 'psychopathology' * Includes an assessment of the contributions that counselling psychology makes to understanding people as individuals, in their working lives, and in wider social domains * Offers an overview of counselling psychology's contributions beyond the consulting room, including practices in the domain of spirituality, the arts and creative media, and the environmental movement * Critiques contemporary challenges facing research as well as the role that research methods have in responding to questions about humanity and individual experience

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 0.84MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

MARTIN MILTON is based in the Department of Psychology at the University of Surrey. He is a chartered psychologist, a British Psychological Society (BPS) psychologist specializing in psychotherapy, and a UKCP registered psychotherapist Martin worked in the British National Health Service and currently runs his own independent practice He has also been active in the BPS Division of Counseling Psychology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470797587
• Artikelnr.: 38215404

Rezensionen

'Anyone who needs to be convinced of the relevance andcontribution of counselling psychology to modern therapeuticpractice and to its vibrancy, creativity and penetration intocontemporary contexts should look no further than this excellentbook. It breaks new ground by challenging the reader - bothtrainees and experienced practitioners alike - to criticallyreflect on the diverse practice and meanings of modern counsellingpsychology and psychotherapy. Martin Milton and his colleagues areto be congratulated on this groundbreakingbook.'--Professor Robert Bor, Lead ConsultantPsychologist, Royal Free Hospital London and Director, DynamicChange Consultants Ltd

'Staff and alumni from Surrey University have writtenabout aspects of counselling psychology ranging from spirituality,sexuality, the arts and creative media, and the environment.Contemporary challenges regarding research into human individualexperiences are also explored. Chapters are characterised by theirdepth of writing in the discipline of counselling psychology, whichis in contrast to current unitheoretical and sometimes manualisedways of working with human distress.'--Pamela E.James, Professor of Counselling Psychology, Liverpool John MooresUniversity, UK