The SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy

At over 700 pages and with more than 100 contributions, this Fourth Edition brings together the essentials of counselling and psychotherapy theory, research, skills and practice. Including new content on assessment, theory, applications and settings, and with new chapter overviews and summaries, this continues to be the most comprehensive and accessible guide to the field for trainees or experienced practitioners.

PART ONE: COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY IN CONTEXTWhat Are Counselling and Psychotherapy?   - Colin Feltham and Terry HanleyWhat do people come to counselling and psychotherapy for ? - Colin Feltham and Terry HanleyWhat are the training routes in counselling and psychotherapy? - Laura Anne Winter and Terry HanleyWhere do counsellors and psychotherapists work? - Laura Anne Winter, Colin Feltham & Terry HanleyPART TWO: SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES Introducing sociocultural perspectives: social justice and intersectionality - Laura Anne WinterGender - Jenny BimroseDisability - Simon ParrittAge - Léonie SugarmanSocial Class - Liz BallingerSexuality - David MairReligion and Spirituality - William WestRace, Culture and Ethnicity - Doireann ManganPART THREE: THERAPEUTIC SKILLS AND CLINICAL PRACTICE Introducing therapeutic skills and clinical practice: the 'basics' of therapeutic practice? - Laura Anne WinterThe Client-Therapist Relationship - William B. StilesAssessment - Biljana van RijnRisk: assessment, exploration and mitigation - Andrew ReevesFormulation - Lucy Johnstone Using Outcome and Process Measures - Julia Noble and Terry HanleyTherapeutic Beginnings - India AmosTherapeutic Middles - India AmosTherapeutic Endings - India AmosPART FOUR: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES Introducing professional issues: therapeutic skills beyond therapy - Laura Anne WinterProfessional and Personal Development - Chris RoseClinical Supervision - Mary CreanerLeadership - Antony FroggettConfidentiality, note taking and record keeping - Barbara MitchelsEthical Codes and Guidance - Tim BondResponding to Complaints - Tim BondClient Experiences - Colin FelthamTherapy and the Law - Peter JenkinsMental Health Law - Sobhi GirgisFundamentals of Research - John McLeodPART FIVE: THEORY AND APPROACHESIntroducing theory and approaches: singular models, combined approaches and alternative perspectives - Terry Hanley PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACHESAdlerian Therapy - Anthea MillarJungian Analytical Psychology - Ruth WilliamsAttachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - Mark Linington and Victoria SettleLacanian Therapy - Lionel BaillyPsychoanalytic Therapy - Jessica YakeleyPsychodynamic Therapy - Julia SegalPsychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy - Richard Brown, Vanessa Herbert and Sara Bardsley COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL APPROACHESAcceptance and Commitment Therapy - John Boorman, Eric Morris & Joe OliverCognitive Therapy - Jill Mytton and Heather SequriaCompassion Focused Therapy - Sunil Lad and Chris IronsDialectical Behaviour Therapy - Michaela Swales & Christine DunkleyEye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing - Catherine Kerr & Liz RoyleMindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy - Adam Scott and Kate AdamRational Emotive Behaviour Therapy - Windy Dryden HUMANISTIC-EXISTENTIAL APPROACHESEco Therapy - Nick TottonEmotion Focused therapy - Ladislav TimulakExistential Therapy - Emmy van DeurzenGestalt Therapy - Michael Ellis and Jonathan SmithPerson-Centred Therapy - Keith Tudor Psychodrama - Clark BaimPsychosynthesis Therapy - Helen Sieroda CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACHESNarrative approaches to therapy - John McLeodNeuro-linguistic programming - Jo CooperPersonal- Construct Therapy - David Winter and Fay FransellaSolution-focused brief therapy - Guy Shennan INTEGRATIVE ECLECTIC APPROACHESCognitive Analytic Therapy - Claire Pollitt Interpersonal Psychotherapy - Elizabeth Robinson and Graham DysonMultimodal Therapy - Stephen PalmerPluralistic Therapy - John McLeod and Mick CooperSchema therapy - Konstantina Kolonia and Helen Kyritsi MeyerThe Skilled Helper Model - Val Wosket and Peter JenkinsTransactional Analysis - Charlotte Sills and Keith Tudor ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPYPsychopharmacology - Digby TantamCritical counselling and psychotherapy - Colin FelthamPART SIX: CLIENT PRESENTING PROBLEMSIntroducing client presenting problems: a critical approach to diagnosis and 'psychopathology' - Laura Anne WinterAlcohol Problems - Richard VellemanAnxiety and Panic - Gill Donohoe and Tom Ricketts Bereavement - Linda MachinDepression - Denis O'Hara Drug-Related Problems - Andrew Guppy and Sally Woods Domestic Violence - Christiane SandersonEating and Exercise Disorders  - Caroline VermesHIV/AIDS - Jill Balmont and Ida WaksbergLow Self-Esteem - Christine WildingMedically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) - Daniel Zahl Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Tom Ricketts and Gill Donohoe Personality Disorders - Julia NoblePhobias - Tom Ricketts and Gill DonohoePost-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Claudia HerbertSexual Violence: Rape and sexual assault - Bernie RyanThe Psychoses - Brian MartindaleRelationship and Sex Problems - Gail EvansSexual Abuse in Childhood - Rosaleen McElvaneyManaging Stress - Rowan BayneSuicide and Self-Harm - Andrew ReevesPART SEVEN: THERAPEUTIC SPECIALISMSIntroducing specialisms: continuing personal and professional development - Terry Hanley DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCE IN THERAPYWorking with People Labelled with Asperger Syndrome - Nick Hodge and Anja RuttenWorking with Disability - Simon ParrittFeminist Therapy - Liz BallingerGender, Sexual and Relationship Diversity Therapy - Olivier Cormier-Otano and Dominic Davies Working with Homeless People - Emma WilliamsonWorking with Interpreters - Rachel Tribe and Anita TunariuWorking with Refugees - Jude Boyles THERAPY SETTINGSCoaching - Stephen Palmer and Zsofia Anna UtryWorking in Further and Higher Education - Andrew ReevesWorking with the Media - Elaine KasketWorking with Neuroscience and Neuropsychology - David GossPrivate Practice - Gareth WilliamsWorking in Primary Care - Sarah Hovington and Zubeida AliShort Term Therapy - Alex CorenWorkplace Therapy - Kevin Friery LIFESPAN ISSUESCounselling Children - Kathryn Geldard, David Geldard and Rebecca Yin FooCounselling Young People - Kathryn Geldard, David Geldard and Rebecca Yin FooCounselling Older People - Naoko Kishita and Ken Laidlaw THERAPEUTIC MODALITIESSystemic Family Therapy - Rudi DallosGroup Therapy - Stephen PaulRelationship Therapy - Gail Evans TECHNOLOGY AND THERAPYCounselling by Telephone - Maxine RosenfieldElectronically Delivered Text Therapies - Kate AnthonyWider Issues of Technology in Therapy - Kate Anthony, Stephen Goss and DeeAnna Merz Nagel