Bringing together key issues in the provision and use of caring services, this volume is an invaluable training resource for health and social work practitioners. Roles and relationships are central themes: their complexity is stressed, as is their relevance to a better understanding of practice. The book's first three sections explore: the distinctions between health and welfare occupations, and informal helping roles; different approaches for practitioners to develop sensitivity to diverse experiences and to challenge unfairly discriminatory responses, attitudes and stereotyped assumptions; and the potential for user empowerment, given the imbalance in power between workers and users. These areas provide practitioners wit
Ray Woolfe Bücher
This Second Edition of the Handbook is a comprehensive work reflecting the current status of counselling psychology and its future trends. Well-structured and informative, it serves as an essential reference for both students and professionals. The text outlines the discipline's stance on science, inquiry, and evidence-based practice, marking a developmental step forward. It emphasizes a life-span framework, viewing distress as a natural part of human experience rather than pathology, making it crucial reading for those in the field. Highly recommended by lecturers and trainees, the Handbook offers a thorough guide to the context, theory, and practice of contemporary counselling psychology. It consolidates the expertise of leading practitioners and covers major topics such as theoretical approaches, methodology, contexts of practice, psychological interventions, and social, professional, and ethical issues. Fully revised and updated, the Second Edition features six new chapters addressing the transpersonal approach, gender issues, sexual identity, race and ethnicity, time-limited practice, and the body. Supported by illustrative case material, it demonstrates how various issues arise and are handled in practice. This Handbook is an invaluable resource for trainees, students, lecturers, and practitioners in counselling psychology, psychotherapy, and related helping professions.