Full Description
How important is the therapeutic relationship? Which therapists are most effective? How should therapy be personalised for individual clients?
Essential Research Findings in Counselling and Psychotherapy answers these questions and many more by introducing contemporary research findings within the therapy field. The book sets out, in a jargon-free way, the evidence for the effectiveness of therapy and the factors associated with positive therapeutic outcomes, providing a comprehensive overview of research findings and their implications for clinical practice.
Included are suggestions for further reading, implications for practice, and questions for discussion, making this an ideal text for use in training and for qualified practitioners wishing to develop and enhance their practice.
Contents
1. Introduction: The Friendly Facts
2. Outcomes: Does Therapy Help?
3. Client Factors: The Heart and Soul of Therapeutic Change
4. Therapist Factors: Searching for the Supershrink
5. Relationship Factors: 'It's the Relationship that Heals...' or is it?
6. Techniques: What you do and the way you do it
7. Orientation: The Great Psychotherapy Debate
8. Personalising Therapy to the Individual Client: What Works for Whom?
