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The SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy
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The SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy

Fourth Edition
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October 2017 | 688 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
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At over 600 pages and with more than 100 contributions, this Fourth Edition brings together the essentials of counselling and psychotherapy theory, research, skills and practice. Including new content on assessment, theory, applications and settings, and with new chapter overviews and summaries, this continues to be the most comprehensive and accessible guide to the field for trainees or experienced practitioners.
 
PART ONE: COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY IN CONTEXT
Colin Feltham and Terry Hanley
What Are Counselling and Psychotherapy?  
Colin Feltham and Terry Hanley
What do people come to counselling and psychotherapy for ?
Laura Anne Winter and Terry Hanley
What are the training routes in counselling and psychotherapy?
Laura Anne Winter, Colin Feltham & Terry Hanley
Where do counsellors and psychotherapists work?
 
PART TWO: SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES 
Laura Anne Winter
Introducing sociocultural perspectives: social justice and intersectionality
Jenny Bimrose
Gender
Simon Parritt
Disability
Léonie Sugarman
Age
Liz Ballinger
Social Class
David Mair
Sexuality
William West
Religion and Spirituality
Doireann Mangan
Race, Culture and Ethnicity
 
PART THREE: THERAPEUTIC SKILLS AND CLINICAL PRACTICE 
Laura Anne Winter
Introducing therapeutic skills and clinical practice: the ‘basics’ of therapeutic practice?
William B. Stiles
The Client-Therapist Relationship
Biljana van Rijn
Assessment
Andrew Reeves
Risk: assessment, exploration and mitigation
Lucy Johnstone 
Formulation
Julia Noble and Terry Hanley
Using Outcome and Process Measures
India Amos
Therapeutic Beginnings
India Amos
Therapeutic Middles
India Amos
Therapeutic Endings
 
PART FOUR: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES 
Laura Anne Winter
Introducing professional issues: therapeutic skills beyond therapy
Chris Rose
Professional and Personal Development
Mary Creaner
Clinical Supervision
Antony Froggett
Leadership
Barbara Mitchels
Confidentiality, note taking and record keeping
Tim Bond
Ethical Codes and Guidance
Tim Bond
Responding to Complaints
Colin Feltham
Client Experiences
Peter Jenkins
Therapy and the Law
Sobhi Girgis
Mental Health Law
John McLeod
Fundamentals of Research
 
PART FIVE: THEORY AND APPROACHES
Terry Hanley
Introducing theory and approaches: singular models, combined approaches and alternative perspectives
PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACHES

 
Anthea Millar
Adlerian Therapy
Ruth Williams
Jungian Analytical Psychology
Mark Linington and Victoria Settle
Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Lionel Bailly
Lacanian Therapy
Jessica Yakeley
Psychoanalytic Therapy
Julia Segal
Psychodynamic Therapy
Richard Brown, Vanessa Herbert and Sara Bardsley
Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy
COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL APPROACHES

 
John Boorman, Eric Morris & Joe Oliver
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Jill Mytton and Heather Sequria
Cognitive Therapy
Sunil Lad and Chris Irons
Compassion Focused Therapy
Michaela Swales & Christine Dunkley
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Catherine Kerr & Liz Royle
Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing
Adam Scott and Kate Adam
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Windy Dryden
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy
HUMANISTIC-EXISTENTIAL APPROACHES

 
Nick Totton
Eco Therapy
Ladislav Timulak
Emotion Focused therapy
Emmy van Deurzen
Existential Therapy
Michael Ellis and Jonathan Smith
Gestalt Therapy
Keith Tudor 
Person-Centred Therapy
Clark Baim
Psychodrama
Helen Sieroda
Psychosynthesis Therapy
CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACHES

 
John McLeod
Narrative approaches to therapy
Jo Cooper
Neuro-linguistic programming
David Winter and Fay Fransella
Personal- Construct Therapy
Guy Shennan
Solution-focused brief therapy
INTEGRATIVE ECLECTIC APPROACHES

 
Claire Pollitt 
Cognitive Analytic Therapy
Elizabeth Robinson and Graham Dyson
Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Stephen Palmer
Multimodal Therapy
John McLeod and Mick Cooper
Pluralistic Therapy
Konstantina Kolonia and Helen Kyritsi Meyer
Schema therapy
Val Wosket and Peter Jenkins
The Skilled Helper Model
Charlotte Sills and Keith Tudor
Transactional Analysis
ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

 
Digby Tantam
Psychopharmacology
Colin Feltham
Critical counselling and psychotherapy
 
PART SIX: CLIENT PRESENTING PROBLEMS
Laura Anne Winter
Introducing client presenting problems: a critical approach to diagnosis and ‘psychopathology’
Richard Velleman
Alcohol Problems
Gill Donohoe and Tom Ricketts 
Anxiety and Panic
Linda Machin
Bereavement
Denis O’Hara 
Depression
Andrew Guppy and Sally Woods 
Drug-Related Problems
Christiane Sanderson
Domestic Violence
Caroline Vermes
Eating and Exercise Disorders 
Jill Balmont and Ida Waksberg
HIV/AIDS
Christine Wilding
Low Self-Esteem
Daniel Zahl 
Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS)
Tom Ricketts and Gill Donohoe 
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Julia Noble
Personality Disorders
Tom Ricketts and Gill Donohoe
Phobias
Claudia Herbert
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Bernie Ryan
Sexual Violence: Rape and sexual assault
Brian Martindale
The Psychoses
Gail Evans
Relationship and Sex Problems
Rosaleen McElvaney
Sexual Abuse in Childhood
Rowan Bayne
Managing Stress
Andrew Reeves
Suicide and Self-Harm
 
PART SEVEN: THERAPEUTIC SPECIALISMS
Terry Hanley
Introducing specialisms: continuing personal and professional development
DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCE IN THERAPY

 
Nick Hodge and Anja Rutten
Working with People Labelled with Asperger Syndrome
Simon Parritt
Working with Disability
Liz Ballinger
Feminist Therapy
Olivier Cormier-Otano and Dominic Davies 
Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversity Therapy
Emma Williamson
Working with Homeless People
Rachel Tribe and Anita Tunariu
Working with Interpreters
Jude Boyles
Working with Refugees
THERAPY SETTINGS

 
Stephen Palmer and Zsofia Anna Utry
Coaching
Andrew Reeves
Working in Further and Higher Education
Elaine Kasket
Working with the Media
David Goss
Working with Neuroscience and Neuropsychology
Gareth Williams
Private Practice
Sarah Hovington and Zubeida Ali
Working in Primary Care
Alex Coren
Short Term Therapy
Kevin Friery
Workplace Therapy
LIFESPAN ISSUES

 
Kathryn Geldard, David Geldard and Rebecca Yin Foo
Counselling Children
Kathryn Geldard, David Geldard and Rebecca Yin Foo
Counselling Young People
Naoko Kishita and Ken Laidlaw
Counselling Older People
THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES

 
Rudi Dallos
Systemic Family Therapy
Stephen Paul
Group Therapy
Gail Evans
Relationship Therapy
TECHNOLOGY AND THERAPY

 
Maxine Rosenfield
Counselling by Telephone
Kate Anthony
Electronically Delivered Text Therapies
Kate Anthony, Stephen Goss and DeeAnna Merz Nagel
Wider Issues of Technology in Therapy

This book covers many of the current approaches, issues and trends within modern-day Counselling and Psychotherapy. It is research-informed, and it’s contributors are the current leading proponents and researchers in their field. This is a useful volume, for all who work in the field of psychological healing, to have on their professional bookcase as a source of reference and referral.

Professor Peter Gubi, Professor of Counselling
University of Chester

The earlier editions of this comprehensive Handbook were the best and most comprehensive of the overviews of the discipline. Encyclopaedic in its scope, this new edition is exceptional in providing expert introductions to updated and brand new chapters by leading scholars.  It is an essential reference for browsing and for concise reviews of everything practitioners and students might need to find out more about in the field.

Associate Professor Jeannie Wright
University of Malta

The latest edition of this classic reference work is encyclopedic and authoritative, but filled with pithy descriptions and lively examples.  It is both deeply rooted in the history of the field and up-to-date with exciting new entries. The editors should be proud of the gift they have crafted for the current generation of counselling and psychotherapy students as well as practitioners.

Professor Robert Elliott
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Bringing new insight into contemporary presenting issues, approaches and provision, this updated Handbook presents a stunning collection of material about every aspect of modern-day counselling and psychotherapy.  The range of perspective and the standard of authorship is simply breath-taking, and the book is a gold-standard reference text for trainers, providers and trainees alike.

Professor John Nuttall
Regent's University

An excellent, up to date fact filled analytical text.

Valeria Fletcher
School of Health & Wellbeing, Leeds Beckett University
November 27, 2018
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A very comprehensive guide to the main theoretical and conceptual positions in current counselling and psychotherapeutic approaches. These provide an excellent basis and overview form which students ae able to establish the parameters of these approaches as well as to evaluate their relevance and effectiveness for addressing individual life events.

Mr Graham Carter
UCBC, Blackburn College
May 29, 2018
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Very enjoyable, highly informative and a book that I highly recommend, during training and beyond.

Ms Su Illingworth
Professional Development, Craven College
December 24, 2017
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This is a great source of information for students. A wide variety of established authorities have contributed meaningful chapters.

Ms cathy lasher
Counselling and Psychotherapy, Metanoia Institute
October 26, 2017
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This is an excellent text which my students will benefit from immensely. It covers a wide range of relevant theories and topics and the writing is both thought provoking and accessible at the same time. The additions in this fourth addition are very welcome.

Ms Sally Riggall
School of Health & Social Care, Lincoln University
October 10, 2017
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An extremely detailed and authoritative text which takes a contemporary perspective on issues within counselling and psychotherapy, with good use of case studies throughout to illustrate the practical application of theory.

Mrs Suzi Smale
Psychology, Petroc College
October 2, 2017
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