This is the definitive training and practice manual in counselling and psychotherapy in the UK.
-- Chrysostomos Athanasiadis
Peter Jenkins takes the reader step by step through both the legal requirements and the requirements of the BACP Ethical Framework so that the territory of confidentiality, record-keeping and data protection, and contracting becomes accessible.
-- Sally Despenser
Peter Jenkins is a standard-bearer and an exemplary role model for counselling education. Peter leaves no stone unturned, writing in detailed and accessible prose filled with care and compassion. This is an indispensable guide to becoming and being a counsellor.
-- Stacey Campbell
This book provides an in depth account of numerous subjects pertaining to counselling and psychotherapy, from statutory registration through to ethical and legal considerations. The student in training, the new practitioner the clinical supervisor and the experienced therapist all have much to gain from this informative book which courageously leaves few difficult subjects uncovered.
-- Debbie Daniels
Engagingly written, Peter Jenkins' 'Professional Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy' is an essential go-to guide for both the emerging and competent practitioner. A therapist can feel confident that grey and tricky ethical areas are addressed pragmatically and openly. Ideal for our Counselling and Psychotherapy programme.
-- Vee Howard-Jones
Peter Jenkins' book provides an invaluable guide to the realities of counselling practice in organizations and supports individual practice with a relevant, in-depth exploration of ethical issues faced by counsellors.
-- Liz Coldridge
An excellent and comprehensive text which emphasises the importance of ethics and legal issues in Professional Counselling Practice. I will be adding this title to the recommended reading list for the Trainee Counsellors on the Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Practice at Stockport College.
-- Trudi Welden
Peter Jenkins new book is a very impressive contribution and a really useful resource. It is so thorough and comprehensively wide ranging from organisational structure and culture, data protection, equality and diversity to personal development and self care. It's good to see the usefulness of group work given mention too.
This will be a valuable reference book not only for trainee counsellors but experienced practitioners, supervisors and trainers too. I'm sure there will be lots of demand for it.
-- Sheila King
This book is sure to become an established counselling classic, both for those new to the profession and for the more established practitioner.
-- Therapy Today
Jenkins gives an excellent overview of CORE forms, and outcome measures generally. -- Ben Scanlan * Contemporary Psychotherapy *
This book provides a solid overview of the legal, ethical and organisational frameworks within which we work as a profession. -- Joanna Benfield
This is a book for our time, worthy in its aim to support counsellors and therapists in developing their risk assessments skills, decision-making processes, and in dealing with the legal minefield in our litigious and risk-averse society. -- Kate Tindle
I believe this book fills an important gap, which goes beyond counsellor training programmes. There is a good mix of theory and practice, with further reading, resources and areas for clinical supervisors to consider. I think it may become a well-thumbed tome on many counsellors' bookshelves. -- Colette Lewis
I believe it would be of equal relevance to a trainer, supervisor or manager, both on a personal level in their own practice, as well as enhancing understanding from their role perspective of what it might be like for a student or supervisee. -- Pauline Culliney, BACP Divisional Journal
