Counselling in a Nutshell by Windy Dryden

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Counselling in a Nutshell by Windy Dryden

A step-by-step guide to the counselling relationship and the therapeutic process. Focusing on the commonalities within the main theoretical approaches - psychodynamic, person-centred and cognitive-behavioural - it describes a framework which underpins all counselling, irrespective of the approach being used.
`Size-wise, these books span an open palm and have a very handy flap on the back and front as an integral feature of the cover which can be used as a bookmarkThey are concise, yet thorough, providing introductions to the key elements of the theory and practice underpinning major therapeutic approaches… [An] ideal ′intro′… I would recommend these books because, ′in a nutshell′, they work′ - Therapy Today

′In a book aimed principally at those just embarking on counselling training he offers a down-to-earth introduction to the theory and practice of counselling which will serve to aid and inspire trainees′ - Professor Brian Thorne, Co-founder, The Norwich Centre and Emeritus Professor of Counselling, University of East Anglia


"Dryden provides this very short and accessible text for people at the very beginning of their counseling careers, but this could serve as a refresher for those who seek to re-evaluate their involvement and purpose. Easy to carry about and easy to search, the text builds on working alliance theory based on the work of Bordin, in which counseling can be looked upon as comprising a number of important domains, bonds, goals tasks and views, with the emphasis being on what happens between a counselor and client within those domains." -- Reference & Research Book News
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. 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.
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ISBN 13 9781412911320
ISBN 10 141291132X
Title Counselling in a Nutshell
Author Windy Dryden
Series Counselling In A Nutshell
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
Year published 2006-03-15
Number of pages 136
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.