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What Is Counselling? - The Promise and Problem of the Talking Therapies (Hardcover)
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What Is Counselling? - The Promise and Problem of the Talking Therapies (Hardcover)
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`The text... flows comfortably and confidently, leading the reader
by the hand through the problems associated with defining
counselling, counselling's cousins to the emergence of contemporary
counselling... and what a stimulating, enjoyable and challenging
text it is. Having read the book I experienced the same sense of
buoyant optimism with which I leave my supervision sessions...
Unlike live supervision, the book will sit on my shelf and be
available when I need the nurture. To other practitioners I would
say "go on, treat yourself"... every word is relevant and
necessary. I have enjoyed reading it, learned much from it and
found little to disagree with' - Counselling, The Journal of the
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy For those
seeking an honest appraisal of the activity and profession of
counselling, the author of this rigorous examination of the talking
therapies asks such key questions as: How has counselling evolved
and why is it flourishing now in Western society? What are the
limits on its applications? What social functions does it serve?
Who benefits from it and who does not? What is its intellectual
standing? Colin Feltham brings contemporary counselling into focus
by comparisons with other modern and historical helping services,
religious and philosophical analyses of the human condition, and
the present socio-economic context. He also discusses the topical
issue of professionalization, and examines the arguments concerning
the alleged differences between counselling and psychotherapy. He
demonstrates that it is extremely difficult to define counselling
in a way which fairly, unambiguously and accurately places it
beyond misunderstanding and which reasonably distinguishes it from
other similar activities.
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