The pocket guide to therapy : a 'how to' of the core models / Stephen Weatherhead and Graeme Flaherty-Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weatherhead, Stephen, author.

Contributor:

Flaherty-Jones, Graeme.

ebrary, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy.

Counseling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 258 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE, 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This is the essential companion for mental health trainees requiring basic knowledge of the key therapeutic approaches. Placing specific emphasis on practical application, it introduces the most established therapeutic models such as CBT, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Systemic Therapy and Solution-focused Brief Therapy, as well as more recent additions to mainstream therapy like Mindfulness and Narrative Therapy.

With each chapter written by an up-and-coming name in the field, the book:

includes case examples from a wide range settings

is embedded with worksheets, sample questions and diagrams

highlights challenges, strengths and weaknesses of each approach

details the background and practical application of therapeutic models

discusses evidence-based practice and outcomes

Written in language familiar to first-year trainees and using a range of features to enhance learning, this pocket guide is ideal for those embarking on training across counselling, psychotherapy, psychology, health, nursing and social work. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Principles of Therapy / Graeme Flaherty-Jones Flaherty-Jones, Graeme, Stephen Weatherhead Weatherhead, Stephen 1

2 Motivational Interviewing / Claire Robson Robson, Claire 11

3 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy / Jane Toner Toner, Jane 33

4 Cognitive Analytic Therapy / Sharon Twigg Twigg, Sharon 57

5 Psychodynamic Therapy / Amie Smith Smith, Amie, Kara Garforth Garforth, Kara 77

6 Systemic Therapies / Amie Smith Smith, Amie, Stephen Weatherhead Weatherhead, Stephen 101

7 Narrative Therapy / Stephen Weatherhead Weatherhead, Stephen 123

8 Person-centred Therapy / Sharon Twigg Twigg, Sharon 144

9 Mindfulness / Katie Splevins Splevins, Katie 167

10 Solution-focused Brief Therapy / Graeme Flaherty-Jones Flaherty-Jones, Graeme, Fiona Syme Syme, Fiona 190

11 Dialectical Behaviour Therapy / Phillippa Calvert Calvert, Phillippa 212

12 Outcomes in Therapy / Stephen Weatherhead Weatherhead, Stephen, Graeme Flaherty-Jones Flaherty-Jones, Graeme 236.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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