Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling
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Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling

  1. 321 pages
  2. English
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Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling

About this book

`My congratulations to Colin Feltham for assembling a set of contentious issues and lively authors which together made me forget my surroundings? - Person-Centred Practice

`Editor Colin Feltham?s choice of topics shows an astute, on-the-ground awareness of the issues that dog the industry, while still making lively reading? - New Therapist

In this book, leading practitioners, critics and commentators take sides on many topical and core debates including:

· Theoretical issues: Does the unconscious really exist? Is birth trauma a fiction? Should one believe in `false memories??

· Clinical issues: Is therapy effective? Is `the relationship? central to success? Do therapists pathologize their clients? Are boundaries necessary?

· Professional issues: Do trainees need therapy? Is professionalization of the field desirable? Are counselling and psychotherapy really distinguishable?

· Social issues: Can therapy be proven necessary? Does therapy benefit individuals or contribute to social control? Does stress really exist?

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Information

Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Year
1999
Print ISBN
9780761956419
9780761956402
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9780857022004
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Psychotherapy
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. 1 - Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling
  4. Part I: Theoretical Issues
  5. 2 - Does the Unconscious Mind Really Exist?
  6. 3 - On the Existence of the Unconscious
  7. 4 - Primal Therapies - Stillborn Theories
  8. 5 - The Trauma of Birth
  9. 6 - False Memories - a Peripheral Issue?
  10. 7 - Believing Patients
  11. Part II: Clinical Issues
  12. 8 - The Ineffectiveness of Psychotherapy
  13. 9 - It Has Been Amply Demonstrated that Psychotherapy is Effective
  14. 10 - The Main Change Agent in Effective Psychotherapy is Specific Technique and Skill
  15. 11 - The Main Change Agent in Psychotherapy is the Relationship Between Therapist and Client
  16. 12 - Deconstructing Diagnosis: Psychopathological Practice
  17. 13 - Psychopathology is a Reality and Psychodiagnosis is a Necessity
  18. 14 - The Limitations of Boundaries
  19. 15 - Maintaining Boundaries in Psychotherapy: a View from Evolutionary Psychoanalysis
  20. Part III: Professional Issues
  21. 16 - Personal Therapy as a Training Requirement: the Lack of Supporting Evidence
  22. 17 - In Defence of Therapy for Training
  23. 18 - Becoming an Effective Psychotherapist of Counsellor: Are Training and Supervision Necessary?
  24. 19 - Training and Supervision Make a Difference
  25. 20 - Against and Beyond Core Theoretical Models
  26. 21 - Training in a Core Theoretical Model is Essential
  27. 22 - Professionalization of Therapy by Registration is Unnecessary, Ill Advised and Damaging
  28. 23 - Registration Benefits and is Necessary to the Public and the Profession
  29. 24 - Psychotherapy and Counselling are Indistinguishable
  30. 25 - There are Real Differences Between Psychotherapy and Counselling
  31. Part IV: Social Issues
  32. 26 - Stress Discourse and Individualization
  33. 27 - Employee Assistance Programmes and Stress Counselling: at a Crossroads?
  34. 28 - Psychothearpy and Counselling as Unproven, Overblown and Unconvincing
  35. 29 - Psychotherapy as Essential Health Care
  36. 30 - Mind at the End of its Tether
  37. 31 - Counselling and Psychotherapy as Enabling and Empowering
  38. Index

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