Therapy and Beyond: Counselling Psychology Contributions to Therapeutic and Social Issues - Hardcover

Milton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470715472 ISBN 13: 9780470715475

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2010

Synopsis

Therapy and Beyond: Counselling Psychology Contributions toTherapeutic and Social Issues presents an overview of theorigins, current practices, and potential future of the disciplineof counselling psychology. * Presents an up-to-date review of the knowledge base behind thediscipline of counselling psychology that addresses the notion ofhuman wellbeing and critiques the concept of psychopathology * Includes an assessment of the contributions that counsellingpsychology makes to understanding people as individuals, in theirworking lives, and in wider social domains * Offers an overview of counselling psychology's contributionsbeyond the consulting room, including practices in the domain ofspirituality, the arts and creative media, and the environmentalmovement * Critiques contemporary challenges facing research as well asthe role that research methods have in responding to questionsabout humanity and individual experience

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Review:

?Anyone who needs to be convinced of the relevance and contribution of counselling psychology to modern therapeutic practice and to its vibrancy, creativity and penetration into contemporary contexts should look no further than this excellent book. It breaks new ground by challenging the reader ? both trainees and experienced practitioners alike ? to critically reflect on the diverse practice and meanings of modern counselling psychology and psychotherapy. Martin Milton and his colleagues are to be congratulated on this groundbreaking book.??Professor Robert Bor, Lead Consultant Psychologist, Royal Free Hospital London and Director, Dynamic Change Consultants Ltd ?Staff and alumni from Surrey University have written about aspects of counselling psychology ranging from spirituality, sexuality, the arts and creative media, and the environment. Contemporary challenges regarding research into human individual experiences are also explored. Chapters are characterised by their depth of writing in the discipline of counselling psychology, which is in contrast to current unitheoretical and sometimes manualised ways of working with human distress.??Pamela E. James, Professor of Counselling Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470715472
• ISBN 13: 9780470715475
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 348