Key Issues for Counselling in Action

by Windy Dryden (Editor)

`The book′s strength is the stimulus to discussion encouraged by its variety of approaches and topics and its clear and economical writing. Windy Dryden′s intelligent discussion questions (such questions are so often done badly) at the end of each article seem especially valuable in this they not only focus squarely on each reader′s experience of the issues in question, but often subtly encourage the reader to question the premises of the article just read... a stimulating and valuable book, well suited to its intended readership′ - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling This concise and practical book tackles the key issues which all counsellors, regardless of their theoretical orientation, e

Genres: Psychology, Counselling, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1989

About the author

Windy Dryden is one of the leading practitioners and trainers in the UK in the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) tradition of psychotherapy. He is best known for his work in Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT), a leading CBT approach. He has been working in the field of counselling and psychotherapy since 1975 and was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in CBT and has trained with Drs. Albert Ellis, Aaron T. Beck, and Arnold Lazarus.

He has published over 200 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, the USA, South Africa, Turkey, and Israel.

He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Reviews

[Aveen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read as part of my training, all these in action books are great. clear information, easily read.

[Jim Byrne · Rating 2 out of 5]

The main thing I got from this book was some very helpful guidance on dealing with the thorny problem of contact between counsellors and their clients. Very useful, detailed, research based.