Mental Health Counselling

In my book, I go beyond offering just a theoretical definition of what a skill is and an explanation of what it does in a counselling relationship. I share a deeper look into the skills and explore a more philosophical explanation from my own experience as a practising therapist and former counselling tutor.

This substantially revised fifth edition of a classic text includes an updated preface, new content on the therapeutic relationship, substantially revised chapters on the middle phase of counselling and reflections on the influence of other modalities and shared aspects of practice across approaches. Each chapter now includes an annotated further listening section to help deepen knowledge and reinforce learning of key aspects of the counselling process.

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover exactly how to navigate life's many ups and downs with the essential and empowering guidance of TikTok sensation, Dr. Julie AS FEATURED IN THE OBSERVER, STYLIST, EVENING STANDARD, WOMEN'S HEALTH, MARIE CLAIRE AND GRAZIA Drawing on years of experience as a...

Person-Centred Counselling in Action, Fourth Edition will be an invaluable resource for those embarking on their first stages of training. Well-established practitioners and even seasoned scholars will continue to find much to interest and stimulate them.

Brought to you by Penguin. Depression. Anxiety. Chronic pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the root of these difficulties may reside in the traumas of our parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents. The latest research affirms that traumatic experience is...

This groundbreaking text goes to the very heart of the therapeutic meeting between therapist and client. Focusing on the concept of "relational depth", the authors describe a form of encounter in which therapist and client experience profound feelings of contact and engagement with each other, and in which the client has an opportunity to explore whatever is experienced as most fundamental to her or his existence.

Facing difficulties in your life? Cannot cope with fast pace of work and life around you? Looking for a refuge for tranquillity and peace? With the overwhelming events around us on a personal and social level, we need to reduce the tension and stress that we are facing. Classical psychology has been helping for decades, but with increasing dependency on drugs, people are searching for an alternative that will help them cope with life difficulties. Simultaneously, the fast pace of modern living will create other problems of drug-dependency or personal attachment to therapists. In this book, ...

This book is not a substitute for therapy … but it will give you the skills you need to help you meet your mental health goals. Most of us could probably be doing more to take care of our mental health, whether by learning to manage stress and sadness or just by reconnecting with ourselves...

The Mindfulness Approach to Health Behaviour Change (MATHC) takes the listener through a six stage experiential process that delves into the intricate landscape of change theory and therapeutic strategies to aid the transformative process.

An acclaimed author and psychoanalyst shares moving true stories from his practice to explore the central question of our lives: How do we find and keep love? “A profound meditation on love and healing. Powerful and important. Essential reading.”—Tara Westover, author of Educated In these...

Brought to you by Penguin. **THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** Most of the psychiatric cases in this book are Benji’s patients. Some of them are his family. One of them is him. Unlocking the doors to the psych ward, NHS psychiatrist Dr Benji Waterhouse provides a fly-on-the-padded-wall...

The lives and problems of psychotherapist Charlotte Fox Weber's clients vary, but all are united by a common question: what do I really want? In What We Want, Charlotte Fox Weber takes us on a journey through 12 universal wants and desires, bringing us behind the closed doors of her practice. It is at once a fly-on-the-wall look at what binds us all, an expression of the profound importance of understanding and articulating our desires, and a practical toolkit for living well.

Setting healthy boundaries. It’s a central theme in many counselling sessions, yet something that therapists often struggle to do for themselves. In a profession that is motivated by a desire to help others and relieve suffering, the pressure is always there for therapists to put others’ needs before their own. For registered psychologist Nicole Perry, the conversation around therapists’ own needs is conspicuously missing.

One of Windy Dryden’s abiding interests in the field of counselling and psychotherapy is to encourage people to take responsibility for developing their mental health. To this end he has written a good number of self-help books, the latest of which is ‘Seven Principles of Good Mental Health’ published by Rationality Publications in 2021. ‘Thought for the Day: A Flexible Approach to Mental Health’ is different from the above books in that it contains 366 thoughts to help you improve your mental health in easily digestible form one day at a time. One way of using this book is as ...

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This book is based on real-life counselling sessions with various clients who were suffering with low mood or depression. The book shows a scripted conversation between counsellor and client over five counselling sessions. There are also counsellor notes throughout each session to help the listener understand why the counsellor asked particular questions or responded in a certain way. The therapy used is called "Solution-Focused Therapy". It is a brief therapy that is designed to focus on the resources of the client.

Life starts and life ends. In between we form relationships and friendships. We have husbands, wives, sons, daughters and we mustn't forget pets. Memories form that shape who we are and what we do. Only for death to cast it all askew. What we know becomes nothing by fragments, torn up and thrown to the winds. The Anands lose a wife and mother, Matthew is lost without his grandmother, Daniel loses the man he loved, Michael wonders about having children and Maya is a mother bereaved. Within are six inter-related stories explore what happens when the universe as we know it implodes and ...

‘You Decide: Wounded or Wise?' is a collection of reflections by a counsellor. It touches upon a range of issues and concerns—some common, some not so much. Whether it is parenting, love and relationships, mental health and daily life struggles—you will read of the challenges others have faced and how best to navigate those confusions. These perspectives can help you reflect and go inwards. These reflections can be the start of a conversation to challenge self-limiting beliefs, cycles and patterns you may have held onto for comfort, or those that need to be healed. Sandeep Adnani is a...

Do you feel like anxiety is making your life smaller? Are you always worried about the next panic attack? Or are you so stressed that you can't remember when you last felt peaceful and happy? What if there was a simple solution that meant you could stop coping, and start living? For more than 2...

‘Rose Cartwright breaks all our old certainties and liberates us to approach our mental struggles with new humanity and creativity. The book cannot fail to interest anyone concerned with their mind’s bewildering beautiful complexities’ ALAIN DE BOTTON 'Radically open-minded. An...