`I would be happy to recommend the text to students, and to those who wanted to gain a good brief overview of much that is known about counselling and psychotherapy today′ -
Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy
`Well-organized, fully inclusive and skillfully edited, it is going to be impossible not to buy this Handbook. Basically it has something on everything which people might ask about the counselling and psychotherapy profession′ - Dave Mearns, University of Strathclyde
`This remarkable book is more than an elegant presentation of contemporary counselling and psychotherapeutic theory. It is packed full of practical skills and hints - all written by highly experienced practitioners - and presented in an accessible and jargon-free format. No idea is left unturned. This is a practical handbook in every sense of the word and essential reading for trainees and practitioners alike′ - Robert Bor, London Guildhall University
This Handbook is a major textbook for students on professional training courses. The most comprehensive text of its kind, the Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy provides an introduction to all essential aspects of theory and practice in the form of succinct and accessible contributions from those at the forefront of counselling and psychotherapy.
Colin Feltham is series editor of
Professional Skills for Counsellors and
Short Introductions to the Therapy Professions series, co-editor of
SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy and author of several SAGE texts, including
What is Counselling?
Ian Horton is a Principal Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy and Course Director of the Diploma/MA in Therapeutic Counselling/Psychotherapy at the University of East London. He is an Accredited Counsellor and Fellow of the BAC.
Ved Varma is now retired. He worked as an educational psychologist at the Tavistock Clinic, London.
CONTRIBUTORS
Judith Baron British Association of Counselling Rugby
Rowan Bayne University of East London
Michael Carroll Private Practice
Cassie Cooper University of Westminster
Joyce Cramond Private Practice
Simon du Plock Regents College London
Zack Eleftheriadou Private Practice
Colin Feltham Hallam University Sheffield
Hazel Johns University of Bristol
Alan Lidmila Private Practice
John McLeod Keele University
Alex McGuire Private Practice
Brian Thorne University of East Anglia
Emmy van Deurzen Schiller University London
Sue Wheeler University of Birmingham
