Full Description
Recent evidence has shown that the successful setting of goals brings about positive outcomes in psychological therapy. Goals help to focus and direct clients' and therapists' attention in therapeutic work. They also engender hope and help energise clients. No longer are clients victims of their circumstances, but through goal setting they become people who have the potential to act towards and achieve their desired futures. Through the discussing and setting of goals, clients develop a deeper insight into what it is that they really want in life: a crucial first step towards being able to get there.
Recent policies in both child and adult mental health services have supported the use of goals in therapy. However, the differing cultures, histories, psychologies, and philosophical assumptions of each form of therapy has brought about varying attitudes and approaches to goal setting.
Working with Goals in Counselling and Psychotherapy brings the attitudes of all the major therapeutic orientations together in one volume. With examples from cognitive behaviour therapy, psychodynamic therapy, humanistic therapy, interpersonal therapy, and systemic therapy Working with Goals in Counselling and Psychotherapy truly is the definitive guide for therapists seeking to work with goals in any of the psychological therapies.
Contents
1: Duncan Law and Mick Cooper: Introduction
2: John McLeod and Thomas Mackrill: Philosophical, conceptual and ethical perspectives on working with goals in therapy
3: Mick Cooper: The Psychology of Goals: A Practice-Friendly Review
4: Amy Feltham, Kate Martin, Leanne Walker, Lydia Harris, and Grace Jeremy: Using Goals in Therapy: The Perspective of People with Lived Experience
5: Georgiana Shick Tryon: Goals and Psychotherapy Research
6: Jenna Jacob, Julian Edbrooke-Childs, Christopher Lloyd, Daniel Hayes, Isabelle Whelan, Miranda Wolpert, and Duncan Law: Measuring Outcomes Using Goals
7: Windy Dryden: From Problems to Goals: Identifying 'Good' Goals in Psychotherapy and Counselling
8: Duncan Law: Goal-oriented Practice
9: Nick Grey, Suzanne Byrne, Tracey Taylor, Avi Shmueli, Cathy Troupp, Peter Stratton, Aaron Sefi, Roslyn Law, and Mick Cooper: Goal-oriented Practice Across Therapies
10: Duncan Law and Mick Cooper: Conclusion
Goal-based Outcome Measures for both Children and Adults
