Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-7619-5641-9
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 491 g

`My congratulations to Colin Feltham for assembling a set of contentious issues and lively authors which together made me forget my surroundings' - Person-Centred Practice

`Editor Colin Feltham's choice of topics shows an astute, on-the-ground awareness of the issues that dog the industry, while still making lively reading' - New Therapist

In this book, leading practitioners, critics and commentators take sides on many topical and core debates including:

· Theoretical issues: Does the unconscious really exist? Is birth trauma a fiction? Should one believe in `false memories'?

· Clinical issues: Is therapy effective? Is `the relationship' central to success? Do therapists pathologize their clients? Are boundaries necessary?

· Professional issues: Do trainees need therapy? Is professionalization of the field desirable? Are counselling and psychotherapy really distinguishable?

· Social issues: Can therapy be proven necessary? Does therapy benefit individuals or contribute to social control? Does stress really exist?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Feltham, C.

Feltham, Colin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie Psychologische Diagnostik, Testpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling - Colin Feltham
PART ONE: THEORETICAL ISSUES
Does the Unconscious Mind Really Exist? - E M Thornton
On the Existence of the Unconscious - Tim Kendall and Peter Speedwell
Primal Therapies - Stillborn Theories - Jennifer M Cunningham
The Trauma of Birth - John Rowan
False Memories - A Peripheral Issue? - Roger Scotford
Believing Patients - Majorie Orr
PART TWO: CLINICAL ISSUES
The Ineffectiveness of Psychotherapy - W M Epstein
It Has Been Amply Demonstrated that Psychotherapy Is Effective - Stephen Saunders
The Main Change Agent in Effective Psychotherapy Is Specific Technique and Skill - Albert Ellis
The Main Change Agent in Psychotherapy Is the Relationship between Therapist and Client - David Howe
Deconstructing Diagnosis - Ian Parker
Psychopathological Practice
Psychopathology Is a Reality and Psychodiagnosis Is a Necessity - Norman D Macaskill
The Limitations of Boundaries - Derek Gale
Maintaining Boundaries in Psychotherapy - David Livingstone Smith
A View from Evolutionary Psychoanalysis
PART THREE: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
Personal Therapy as a Training Requirement - Ann Macaskill
The Lack of Supporting Evidence
In Defence of Therapy for Training - Valerie Sinason
Becoming an Effective Psychotherapist or Counsellor - Jim McLellan
Are Training and Supervision Necessary?
Training and Supervision Make a Difference - Mary Connor
Against and beyond Core Theoretical Models - Colin Feltham
Training in a Core Theoretical Model Is Essential - Sue Wheeler
Professionalization of Therapy by Registration Is Unnecessary, Ill-Advised and Damaging - Richard Mowbray
Registration Benefits and Is Necessary to the Public and the Profession - Digby Tantam
Psychotherapy and Counselling Are Indistinguishable - Brian Thorne
There Are Real Differences between Psychotherapy and Counselling - Jan Harvie-Clarke
PART FOUR: SOCIAL ISSUES
Stress Discourse and Individualization - Tim Newton
Employee Assistance Programmes and Stress Counselling - John Berridge
At a Crossroads?
Psychotherapy and Counselling as Unproven, Overblown and Unconvincing - Alex Howard
Psychotherapy as Essential Care - Jeremy Holmes
Mind at the End of Its Tether - Fay Weldon
Counselling and Psychotherapy as Enabling and Empowering - Sheelagh Strawbridge

Über Autor(innen)

Feltham, Colin
Colin Feltham is series editor of Professional Skills for Counsellors and Short Introductions to the Therapy Professions series, co-editor of SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy and author of several SAGE texts, including What is Counselling?