Counselling and Therapy Techniques: Theory & Practice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781847879585)

This is the first book on counseling skills to look in detail at the practical interventions and tools used to establish the therapeutic relationship. Step-by-step, the text teaches the reader exactly how to use these skills with clients to address their concerns and achieve therapeutic change. Integrative and pluralistic in approach, the text covers the key techniques from all the major therapeutic models, placing them in their historical and theoretical contexts. Techniques covered include empathic responding, experiential focusing, Gestalt, metaphors, task-directed imagery, ego state therapy, solution focused therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy and self-in-relationship therapy.

Author: Augustine Meier, Micheline Boivin
ISBN-10: 1847879586
ISBN-13: 9781847879585
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2010
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.20w x 0.60d