Handbook of Counselling Psychology

This third edition of a seminal text reflects new developments in counselling psychology. In seven sections, it covers areas such as neuroscience, narrative approaches and post-modernist thinking.

New chapters cover:

the nature of evidence

interpreting case material

attachment theory and neuroscience

community psychology

legal frameworks

testing measurement

diagnosis

the interface between psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches.

Special attention has been paid to the research evidence, current debates, professional and ethical issues, theoretical and philosophical underpinnings, and illustrative case material.

The Handbook is an essential companion for students and practitioners in the field of counselling psychology, at all stages of their career and across the whole range of settings: NHS, education, private and voluntary.