Main description:

`This book covers a significant gap in the relatively spare literature on the person of the counsellor... the chapters... are written in an easy and accessible style' - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling

`This book... covers a wide range of topics, including complex matters such as social, cultural, intellectual and personal needs.... It is an interesting trot round some very important topics' - Self & Society

In this powerful book, leading counsellors and psychotherapists discuss the emotional, physical, social and professional needs of people who work, or would like to work, in a therapeutic setting, and examine how those needs can be best fulfilled within the rapidly changing context of counselling and psychotherapy today. Drawing on their own experience, views, research and clinical practice, contributors cover topics such as the politics and issues of training, self-development, evaluation, social responsibility and competence.

Contents:

Foreword - Emmy van Deurzen
The Needs of Counsellors and Psychotherapists - Ian Horton
Counselling and Psychotherapy - Colin Feltham
Differentiation or Unification
On Becoming Socially Responsible - Simon Du Plock
Self Development - Hazel Johns
Life-Long Learning?
Cultural Differences in the Therapeutic Process - Zack Eleftheriadou
The Nature and Role of Theory - Joyce Cramond
Professional Training - Alan Lidmila
Politics and Issues
Achieving and Maintaining Competence - Sue Wheeler
Clinical Supervision - Michael Carroll
Luxury or Necessity?
Reading, Writing and Research - John McLeod
Evaluating Effectiveness - John Mellor-Clark and Michael Barkham
Needs, Problems and Potential Benefits
Survival - Rowan Bayne
Spiritual Responsibility in a Secular Profession - Brian Thorne
Recognition and Professional Status - Judith Baron
Envy and Gratitude - Cassie Cooper
Attitudes to Collaboration