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`[An] excellent book... an important source of learning, bringing clarity and insight into often isolated areas' - Counselling in Medical Setting (CMS) Journal `Glyn Hudson-Allez' book is very well researched and clearly written... time-limited therapy is an effective and professional means of offering practical help and the book is highly recommended reading for all counsellors wishing to work in this way' - Family Practice As general practitioners are increasingly capping provision of counselling sessions, time-limited therapy skills are becoming ever-more important to counsellors working alongside GPs. Time-limited therapy provides a specific set of skills which enable counsel
Counselling People with Medical Conditions
Counselling People with Medical Conditions
Increasingly, GPs are beginning to realise that even patients with an identifiable physical illness also suffer emotional distress as a consequence of that illness. GPs are therefore choosing to refer such people for help with the emotional side of their illness, thus facilitating a more holistic approach to patient care. Research shows that counselling can greatly reduce the distress of those suffering chronic ailments (Taylor and Aspinwall, 1993). This however provides a greater challenge to the counsellor in TLT as the duration of the counselling may be dictated by the prognosis or duration of the illness rather than the number of sessions available to the client. It helps the counsellor in her work with her client ...
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