Main description:

Counselling and Psychotherapy: Reflections on Practice comprises of 23 chapters from the practice of psychotherapy and counselling in Australia, its genesis comes from discussion between members of the Research Committee of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) in 2012. PACFA is a peak body for the psychotherapy and counselling profession in this country.

The profession of psychotherapy and counselling in Australia continues to develop new and renewed modalities of practice across various disciplinary fields. The diversity of approaches and modalities arises for many reasons-historical, disciplinary, political-as well as from consumer input. Therapeutic approaches draw from frameworks across a spectrum of disciplines from the philosophically informed to the science-practitioner approaches. While each approach claims to be effective in its own
domain, there is no single approach that proves to be most effective for most clients. Therapy is inherently intersubjective work, and the diversity of client bases will continue to call for diversity of therapeutic approaches as well as responses. Moreover clients will increasingly and rightly be the
main arbiters of the effectiveness of the therapy they co-create in dialogue with their therapist.

Contents:

1. Psychotherapy and Counselling: Context and content Carolyn Noble & Elizabeth Day Part 1: Contemporary Horizons of Practice2. Feminist therapy: Theories and practices Carolyn Noble & Elizabeth Day 3. First Nations Healing: Indigenous approaches to counselling Frankie Merritt4. The ethics of touch in contemporary psychotherapy Gena Fawns5. Diagnosis gone mad: Staying present at the edge of 'difference' Michael Reed 6. Using film in counselling and psychotherapy Jillian LynchPart 2: Relational Therapies 7. Therapy that fits: Feedback informed, client directed counselling Nathan Beel 8. The relational world of existential therapy and counselling Alison Strasser9. Transforming anger in a colourful life Graeme James10. Adaptation and change in both client and counsellor, in a sexual abuse case Amanda Stuart & Tammy Robinson11. Kim: A case study demonstrating recovery from complex trauma Mary GosletPart 3: Expressive Therapies12. Play therapy Kylie Pidgeon, Judi Parson, Lucinda Mora, Jay Anderson, Karen Stagnitti & Vivienne Mountain13. Dance movement therapy as a specialised form of counselling and psychotherapy in Australia Kim Dunphy, Jane Guthrie & Sue Mullane14. Equine assisted psychotherapy Maggie Broom15. From fragmentation to integration: Re-storying professional identity as a narrative therapist Ruth Thorne16. Moving beyond embodiment to 'animation'-based psychotherapy and counselling Sandra Kay LauffenburgerPart 4: Integrative Therapies17. Metaphor in counsellor training: Using myth, narrative and the Hero's Journey to facilitate reflection, insight and transformation Frankie Merritt & Jane Clark 18. Stories of constancy and change: A narrative odyssey Jane Clark & Rob Hadfield19. In search of myself: An integrative approach Elizabeth Anne Riley20. The artistry and therapeutic practice of hypnotherapy Eileen DavisPart 5: Psychodynamic Therapies21. Embodied imagination: Working with dreams and memories to facilitate therapeutic change Jennifer Hume & Michelle Morris22. Mental illness or complex trauma?: From diagnosis to recovery Judith de Lang & Mandy Freeling 23. 'Forget me not'- My journey through Jungian analysis - A case presentation Toni Woodward & John Merchant