The SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy

Terry Hanley,Laura Anne Winter

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781529787849
• Edition: 5
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychotherapy
• Index: Psychology

The SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy is the most comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field of counselling and psychotherapy. This handbook supports all levels of training and modalities, providing an essential entry point to theory, practice and research.

At over 600 pages and with more than 100 contributions from leading authors in the field, this Fifth Edition brings together the essentials of counselling and psychotherapy theory, research, skills and practice. Each chapter includes a Further Reading section and case studies. Now updated to include the latest research and developments, and with new content on online counselling and working with difference and diversity, it is the most comprehensive and accessible guide to the field for trainees or experienced practitioners.

Sections cover:

-Counselling and psychotherapy in context
-Social justice and intersectionality
-Core therapeutic and professional skills
-What do people come to therapy for?
-Theories and approaches
-Lifespan, modalities and technology
-Settings.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• About the Editors
• Contributors
• Preface to the Fifth Edition
• Acknowledgements
• Part I Counselling and Psychotherapy in Context
• 1.1 What are Counselling and Psychotherapy?
• 1.2 The Social and Political Context of Counselling and Psychotherapy
• 1.3 What do People Come to Counselling and Psychotherapy For?
• 1.4 What are the Training Routes in Counselling and Psychotherapy?
• 1.5 Where Do Counsellors and Psychotherapists Work?
• Part II Social Justice and Intersectionality
• 2.1 Intersectionality, Power and Privilege
• 2.2 Age
• 2.3 Counselling and Psychotherapy in the Context of the Climate and Environmental Crisis
• 2.4 Disability
• 2.5 Gender
• 2.6 Neurodivergence
• 2.7 Religion and Spirituality
• 2.8 Race, Culture and Ethnicity – What is Your Story?
• 2.9 Social Class
• 2.10 Sexuality
• Part III Core Therapeutic and Professional Skills
• 3.1 Contracting and Therapeutic Beginnings
• 3.2 The Client–Therapist Relationship
• 3.3 Assessment
• 3.4 Risk: Assessment, Exploration and Mitigation
• 3.5 Formulation
• 3.6 Using Outcome and Process Measures
• 3.7 Confidentiality, Recordkeeping, and Notetaking
• 3.8 Working with Interpreters
• 3.9 Therapeutic Middles
• 3.10 Therapeutic Endings
• 3.11 Personal and Professional Development
• 3.12 Clinical Supervision
• 3.13 Ethics in Practice
• 3.14 Complaints: Learning, Prevention and Procedures
• 3.15 Therapy and the Law
• 3.16 Mental Health Law
• 3.17 Integrating Research and Practice
• 3.18 Leadership: Therapists as Leaders
• 3.19 Social Media and Professionalism
• 3.20 Knowledge of Psychopharmacology
• 3.21 Critical Thinking Skills in Counselling and Psychotherapy
• Part IV What Do People Come to Therapy for?
• 4.1 Adult Sexual Violence: Rape and Sexual Assault
• 4.2 Alcohol-related Difficulties
• 4.3 Anxiety and Panic
• 4.4 Bereavement and Loss
• 4.5 Chronic Physical Health Problems
• 4.6 Counselling for Drug-related Problems
• 4.7 Depression
• 4.8 Eating Disorders
• 4.9 Hearing Voices
• 4.10 Low Self-esteem
• 4.11 Managing Stress
• 4.12 Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
• 4.13 Personality Disorders
• 4.14 Phobias
• 4.15 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
• 4.16 Sex and Relationship Problems
• 4.17 Sexual Abuse in Childhood
• 4.18 Suicide and Self-harm
• 4.19 Working with Survivors of Domestic Violence
• Part V Theories and Approaches
• 5.1 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• 5.2 Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
• 5.3 Cognitive Analytic Therapy
• 5.4 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• 5.5 Compassion Focused Therapy
• 5.6 Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
• 5.7 Ecotherapy
• 5.8 Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• 5.9 Emotion-focused Therapy
• 5.10 Existential Therapy
• 5.11 Feminist Therapy
• 5.12 Gestalt Therapy
• 5.13 Gender, Sex and Relationship Diversity Therapy
• 5.14 Interpersonal Psychotherapy
• 5.15 Jungian Analytical Psychology
• 5.16 Lacanian Therapy
• 5.17 Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
• 5.18 Multimodal Therapy
• 5.19 Narrative Therapy
• 5.20 Person-centred Therapy
• 5.21 Personal Construct Therapy
• 5.22 Pluralistic Therapy
• 5.23 Psychoanalytic Therapy
• 5.24 Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy
• 5.25 Psychodynamic Therapy
• 5.26 Schema Therapy
• 5.27 The Skilled Helper Model
• 5.28 Solution-focused Brief Therapy
• 5.29 Transactional Analysis
• Part VI Lifespan, Modalities and Technology
• 6.1 Counselling Children
• 6.2 Counselling Young People
• 6.3 Counselling Older People
• 6.4 Couple Therapy
• 6.5 Systemic Family Therapy
• 6.6 Group Therapy
• 6.7 Electronically Delivered Text Therapy
• 6.8 Videoconferencing Therapy
• 6.9 Counselling by Telephone
• 6.10 Wider Uses of Technologies in Therapy
• Part VII Settings
• 7.1 Working in Schools
• 7.2 Working in Colleges and Universities
• 7.3 Working with the Media
• 7.4 Working with Neuroscience and Neuropsychology
• 7.5 Private Practice
• 7.6 Working in Primary Care
• 7.7 Short-term Therapy
• 7.8 Workplace Therapy
• 7.9 Working in Forensic Settings
• 7.10 Coaching
• Postscript: How Might Counselling and Psychotherapy Change Over the Coming Years?
• Index