Theory And Practice Of Counselling And Psychotherapy

This book is intended for counselling courses for undergraduate and graduate students in psychology, Counsellor education, human services, and the mental health professions. It surveys the major concepts and practices of the contemporary therapeutic systems and addresses some ethical and professional issues in Counselling practice. The book aims to teach South African students to select wisely from various theories and techniques and to begin to develop a personal style of Counselling.
Incorporating the thinking, feeling and behaving dimensions of human experience, the second South African edition of Corey's best-selling book helps students compare and contrast the therapeutic models expressed in counselling theories. Theory and Practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy introduces students to the major theories (psychoanalytic, Adlerian, existential, person-centred, Gestalt, reality, behaviour, cognitive-behaviour, family systems, feminist, postmodern and integrative approaches) and demonstrates how each theory can be applied to two cases ('Stan' and 'Bonolo'). With trademark style, the text shows you how to apply theories in practice, and helps you learn to integrate the theories into an individualised, contextualised counselling style.
Key features
Case studies with different sets of problems appear in every chapter which contain issues relevant to the South African context.
The discussion of current ethical and professional issues facing counselling and health service professionals prepares you for the realities of practice. A framework for creatively synthesising the therapeutic models, along with step-by-step guidelines, enhances the book's focus on helping you draw from the various theoretical models to develop an ethical and contextualised counselling style.
New to the 2nd South African edition
• Learning Objectives for all the theory chapters provide good focus and direction for students. • Self-reflection and discussion questions facilitate thinking and interaction in class. • Additional information pertaining to South Africa will interest and localise the content
for South African students.
•Accessible language usage enables good understanding of the content.