Find the best price forKey Concepts in Counselling and Psychotherapy: A Critical A-Z Guide to Theory

Vicki Smith, Patrizia Collard, Paula Nicolson, Rowan Bayne

Paperback, Published in May 2012 by Open University Press

ISBN10: 0335242219 | ISBN13: 9780335242214

Page count: 344

This helpful book offers a concise overview of core concepts within the four dominant approaches to counselling and psychotherapy: psychodynamic, humanistic-existential, cognitive behavioural and integrative. The book aims to assist you in developing your critical thinking and essay writing skills and includes:

Over 140 entries, each between 500 and 1200 words
Critical and engaging discussions of core concepts
Biographical sketches of leading theorists, including: Freud, Jung and Rogers
Using the popular alphabetical format, Key Concepts in Counselling and Psychotherapy is an ideal first source for students with an essay on counselling theory to write, a case study to analyse, a belief or assumption to challenge, or a question to explore. It will also appeal to practitioners or academics wanting to refresh their knowledge of theory and research.