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Stephen Palmer is Joint award winner of the Annual Counselling Psychology Award for outstanding professional and scientific contribution to Counselling Psychology in Britain for 2000.
‘The editors' support for the integrative project is clear, but the book will hold its own with the sceptics too. I recommend it’ - Counselling at Work
This innovative and timely book examines the issues and ideas surrounding integration and eclecticism in a therapeutic context, and provides a detailed account of a wide range of approaches in use.
Following an exploration of the origins of integrative and eclectic processes, 10 approaches are explained in detail. Chapters on each approach: describe its central concepts, assumptions and therapeutic goals; outline its view of how psychological disturbance is acquired, perpetuated and resolved; examine how the theory relates to practice - including examples of typical sessions and case studies; and consider which clients might benefit.
Further chapters explore the implications of using integrative and eclectic approaches for training, supervision, for working in a time-limited context and from a multicultural perspective.
Multicultural Issues in Eclectic and Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy
Multicultural Issues in Eclectic and Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy
During the last decade ideas about counselling and psychotherapy in a multicultural context have been developing gradually with a consequent increase in training possibilities, research and publications becoming available to practitioners. The actual practice of therapy with clients from different ethnic origins stimulates many questions. For example, why do ethnic minorities infrequently use counselling and psychotherapy services? If they do use them what are the reasons for early termination? Are there other cultural forums providing for the mental health needs of these groups? These questions have been addressed elsewhere (see Lago and Thompson, 1996; Moodley, 1998) and so we will not go into any details here, but ...
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