Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy: A Relational Approach

By Els Van Ooijen and Ariana Faris

Book Overview

This is an accessible and user friendly guide to the theory and practice of relational counseling and psychotherapy. It offers a meta-theoretical framework for the integration of the three most popular counseling and psychotherapy modalities: humanistic, psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral including mindfulness and compassion based approaches.

This exciting new text:

outlines the history of integration in the field of psychotherapy and counselingclarifies the nature of psychotherapeutic integrationdefines different models of integrationprovides a clear and rich discussion of what it means to work relationallyoutlines a coherent and flexible framework for practice, in terms of theory as well as techniquedemonstrates how this framework can be successfully utilized both in brief and long term therapy for a wide range of client issues and problemsprovides a detailed guide to working with the Relational-Integrative Model (RIM) for a range of professional issues, including ethics, research, supervision, therapist self-care and personal development

Brimming with vivid case examples, mind-maps and therapeutic dialogue, this invaluable book will help develop the theoretical knowledge and skills base of students, trainers and practitioners alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857021273
• ISBN13: 9780857021274
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.4"