The 1993 edition of this dictionary was the first of its kind. The last decade has seen many changes in the profession and this is duly reflected in this revised and updated edition. It is an invaluable resource, not only does it supply definitions for well known key terms and recent innovations but it also presents nutshell versions of debates and disagreements in the field and includes selective pertinent terms from the cognate disciplines of psychiatry and psychotherapy, This is an authoritative insight into the language and development of counselling.
The 1993 edition of this dictionary was the first of its kind. The last decade has seen many changes in the profession and this is duly reflected in this revised and updated edition. It is an invaluable resource, not only does it supply definitions for well known key terms and recent innovations but it also presents nutshell versions of debates and disagreements in the field and includes selective pertinent terms from the cognate disciplines of psychiatry and psychotherapy, This is an authoritative insight into the language and development of counselling.
Preface to the first edition.
Preface to the second edition.
Acknowledgements.
Conventions used.
Abbreviations.
A note on relevant UK spellings.
The dictionary.
References.
Colin Feltham, MTheol, MSc, PGDipCouns, PGCE, PhD, FBACP, FRSA is Professor of Critical Counselling Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. He is course leader for the MA Professional Development in Counselling and Psychotherapy. He is a past editor of the British Journal of Guidance & Counselling. He has written or edited over 20 books and many chapters and papers. His publications include Psychotherapy and its Discontents, Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling and the Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy. He is a member of Crisis:Forum for the Study of Crisis in the 21st century.
"This clearly written and well-researched text is appropriate both for the specialist...and for the non-specialist." (Reference Reviews, 2005; Vol 19; No. 3)
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