Counsellors in Health Settings

Author: Kim Etherington, Kate Kirk, Karl Gregory and Julia Segal

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Focusing on the experiences of counsellors themselves, this book aims to provide a comprehensive resource for counsellors working in health contexts and for the health professionals who work with them and may take on counselling roles. The contributors, who include clients, health-care workers, psychiatrists and academics, as well as counsellors, show how counselling can and should form an integral part of a patient's health care, explaining key theoretical considerations and relevant research and applying these to suggestions for good practice. They also discuss the needs of counsellors themselves (for example, for supervision and support) and the variety of roles that counsellors and health-care workers are expected to fulfil. This book aims to inform and improve the work of professionals in a range of health-care contexts, including those working with patients who have cancer, HIV and AIDS or who are having treatment for infertility; and in the fields of young people's sexual health and palliative care.

About the Author

Kim Etherington lectures at the University of Bristol, and is a BAC accredited counsellor and supervisor in private practice. She has worked as an occupational therapist in NHS general and psychiatric hospitals, social services and charitable organisations, including a child guidance clinic and a community for people wth autism.

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Focusing on the experiences of counsellors themselves, this book is a comprehensive resource for counsellors working in health contexts and for the health professionals who work with them, and may take on counselling roles. The contributors, who include clients, health care workers, psychiatrists and academics as well as counsellors, show how counselling can and should form an integral part of a patient's health care, explaining key theoretical considerations and relevant research and applying these to suggestions for good practice. They also discuss the needs of counsellors themselves (for example for supervision and support) and the variety of roles that counsellors and health care workers are expected to fulfil.This book will inform and improve the work of professionals in a range of health care contexts including those working with patients who have cancer, HIV and AIDS or who are having treatment for infertility; and in the fields of young people's sexual health and palliative care.