A Beginner′s Guide to Training in Counselling & Psychotherapy by Robert Bor

A Beginner′s Guide to Training in Counselling & Psychotherapy by Robert Bor

This book is the ideal starting point for anyone considering training in counselling, counselling psychology or psychotherapy. It sets out clearly the range of options for trainees including the professional pathways and main theoretical models available to them. Trainers who want to provide students with an overview of the training process will find this an excellent text to recommend as initial or pre-course reading.

′This book will be of interest to anyone who may be considering training for a career in counselling and psychotherapy... This text provides the reader with a considerable amount of information that may be used to select and hopefully successfully complete the right programme of study pertinent to their specific requirements. It maintains a good balance of being honest about the often rigorous and intense task of completing training, as well as being kindly reassuring that success can be achieved if approached in the right manner with sound advice being given throughout on how this may be carried out effectively′ - Jacqueline A Lawrence, Counselling Psychology Review

Professor Robert Bor trained in the UK, South Africa and the USA. He is a Chartered Clinical, Counselling and Health Psychologist as well as a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He is a UKCP Registered Family Therapist, having completed his specialist training at the Tavistock Clinic, London and a clinical member of the Institute of Family Therapy, London. He has a special interest in developing psychological support services for those affected by chronic or acute medical conditions, and especially those with cancer. He has published more than 150 articles and chapters in peer-review publications as well as 20 books on the psychological impact of illness and serves on the editorial board of numerous international journals. He is also the Consulting Psychologist to several leading schools in London including St Pauls School, The Royal Ballet School and JFS. He is an active member of the International Psycho-Oncology Society, consults to Chai Cancer Care in London and he is a Churchill Fellow. Professor Stephen Palmer PhD is an award winning psychologist and psychotherapist. He is Founder Director of the Centre for Stress Management, London. He is the UK′s first Visiting Professor of Work Based Learning and Stress Management at Middlesex University. He has authored/edited over 50 books including The Beginner′s Guide to Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2015). He is Co-editor of the European Journal of Counselling Theory, Research and Practice. Currently he is Honorary President of the International Stress Management Association; President of the International Society for Coaching Psychology; Founder Co-Chair of the London Branch of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies; a Founder Director and Vice President of the Society of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and a Director and Deputy Chair of the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. His interests include jazz, art and coastal walking.

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ISBN 13	9780761964308
ISBN 10	0761964304
Title	A Beginner′s Guide to Training in Counselling & Psychotherapy
Author	Robert Bor
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	SAGE Publications Inc
Year published	2001-09-25
Number of pages	200
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