Integrative and Eclectic Counselling and Psychotherapy, 9780761957997
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An examination of the issues and ideas surrounding integration and eclecticism in a therapeutic context, and a detailed account of a range of approaches in use. Contributors introduce and explain the origins of integrative and eclectic processes. Ten distinctive approaches are then introduced.

Integrative and Eclectic Counselling and Psychotherapy

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    368 pages

  • Release Date

    29 April 2010

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Summary

An examination of the issues and ideas surrounding integration and eclecticism in a therapeutic context, and a detailed account of a range of approaches in use. Contributors introduce and explain the origins of integrative and eclectic processes. Ten distinctive approaches are then introduced. For each approach: the central concepts, assumptions and therapeutic goals are described; an outline is provided of how psychological disturbance is acquired, perpetuated and resolved; how the relati…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780761957997
ISBN-10:0761957995
Author:Stephen Palmer, Ray Woolfe
Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:SAGE Publications Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Edition:1st
Release Date:29 April 2010
Weight:560g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
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Critics Review

‘The editors’ support for the integrative project is clear, but the book will hold its own with the sceptics, too. I recommend it’ - Counselling at Work

`The editors′ support for the integrative project is clear, but the book will hold its own with the sceptics, too. I recommend it′ - Counselling at Work

About The Author

Stephen Palmer

Professor Stephen Palmer PhD is an award winning psychologist and psychotherapist. He is Founder Director of the Centre for Stress Management, London. He is the UK′s first Visiting Professor of Work Based Learning and Stress Management at Middlesex University. He has authored/edited over 50 books including The Beginner′s Guide to Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2015). He is Co-editor of the European Journal of Counselling Theory, Research and Practice. Currently he is Honorary President of the International Stress Management Association; President of the International Society for Coaching Psychology; Founder Co-Chair of the London Branch of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies; a Founder Director and Vice President of the Society of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and a Director and Deputy Chair of the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. His interests include jazz, art and coastal walking. Ray Woolfe is a Counselling Psychologist in private practice.

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