Creating the Therapeutic Relationship in Counselling and Psychotherapy: 1384 (Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice Series)

Green, Judith A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844454630 ISBN 13: 9781844454631

Publisher: Learning Matters, 2010

At the centre of good counselling and psychotherapy practice is the relationship between therapist and client, a 'therapeutic relationship' that must be maintained to ensure the client is able to fully engage in therapy. This book explores this relationship and the wide range of issues and challenges it can present to every counsellor. Ethics and values are discussed alongside working through prejudice and working with clients who may hold different beliefs. It looks at counsellors who become reflexive practitioners, how they develop sufficient emotional resilience to manage workloads and how they develop an ethical approach to practice. These issues are fully explored within a context of professional dilemmas which most counsellors will face at some point in their working lives. It also includes sections on: - the experience of the first encounter - working with diversity and alternative belief systems - the personal qualities of the therapist - self responsibility and self-therapy The author finishes by looking at continuing professional development, the role of peer support and the advantages of belonging to a professional body or organisation. Written specifically for undergraduate students on counselling and psychotherapy courses, this book is full of practical activities to develop the student's understanding and learning.

Review:

Clear text which introduces students to key concepts and structures their development through a good range of case studies and activities. --Lecturer, Darlington College

This is a great book, accessible and full of readable scenarios, a real asset to those starting their journey into counselling practice. --Lecturer, Herefordshire College of Technology

Really clear and well written. It gives opportunities to the reader to reflect and to carry out activities after reading. --Lecturer, University of Surrey

About the Author:

Judith Green is an experienced counsellor, supervisor and trainer. She has developed, delivered and managed counselling programmes in both the FE and HE sectors. Her research interests have included work with young people, bereavement and loss, emotional abuse and the personal and professional development of the teachers of counselling. She holds a diploma, a masters and a doctorate in the field of counselling and is a senior accredited member of BACP and an accredited supervisor. For the last 10 years she has been the director of the counselling programme at the Institute of Continuing Education at the University of Cambridge.