Counselling and Identity: Self-Realisation in a Therapy Culture

by Alex Howard

Questions relating to personal identity are of central importance within counselling, which is often seen as an essentially (and perhaps excessively) 'me-focussed' activity. People often come to counsellors to find, reclaim, come to terms with, or control (aspects of) 'themselves.' They want to see how they have been shaped, helped or damaged by their circumstances. Yet there has been surprisingly little systematic examination of the conceptions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140393309X
• ISBN13: 9781403933096
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"