Working with goals in psychotherapy and counselling / edited by Mick Cooper and Duncan Law.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooper, Mick (Chartered counselling psychologist), editor.

Law, Duncan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy.

Counseling psychology.

Goal (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Recent evidence has shown that the successful setting of goals brings about positive outcomes in psychological therapy. This work brings together theory, practice and research to give a definitive, practical, and critical guide to working with goals in the psychological therapies.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / Duncan Law

2.Philosophical, conceptual, and ethical perspectives on working with goals in therapy / Thomas Mackrill

3.The psychology of goals: A practice-friendly review / Mick Cooper

4.Using goals in therapy: The perspective of people with lived experience / Lydia Harris

5.Goals and psychotherapy research / Georgiana Shick Tryon

6.Measuring outcomes using goals / Duncan Law

Appendix 6.1 Goal-based outcome measures for children and adults

7.From problems to goals: Identifying `good' goals in psychotherapy and counselling / Windy Dryden

8.Goal-oriented practice / Duncan Law

9.Goal-oriented practice across therapies / Mick Cooper

10.Conclusion / Mick Cooper.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780192512376

0192512374

9780192512369

0192512366