`My congratulations to Colin Feltham for assembling a set of contentious issues and lively authors which together made me forget my surroundings′ –
Person-Centred Practice
`Editor Colin Feltham′s choice of topics shows an astute, on-the-ground awareness of the issues that dog the industry, while still making lively reading′ – New Therapist
In this book, leading practitioners, critics and commentators take sides on many topical and core debates including:
· Theoretical issues: Does the unconscious really exist? Is birth trauma a fiction? Should one believe in `false memories′?
· Clinical issues: Is therapy effective? Is `the relationship′ central to success? Do therapists pathologize their clients? Are boundaries necessary?
· Professional issues: Do trainees need therapy? Is professionalization of the field desirable? Are counselling and psychotherapy really distinguishable?
· Social issues: Can therapy be proven necessary? Does therapy benefit individuals or contribute to social control? Does stress really exist?
Tabella dei contenuti
Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling – Colin Feltham
PART ONE: THEORETICAL ISSUES
Does the Unconscious Mind Really Exist? – E M Thornton
On the Existence of the Unconscious – Tim Kendall and Peter Speedwell
Primal Therapies – Stillborn Theories – Jennifer M Cunningham
The Trauma of Birth – John Rowan
False Memories – A Peripheral Issue? – Roger Scotford
Believing Patients – Majorie Orr
PART TWO: CLINICAL ISSUES
The Ineffectiveness of Psychotherapy – W M Epstein
It Has Been Amply Demonstrated that Psychotherapy Is Effective – Stephen Saunders
The Main Change Agent in Effective Psychotherapy Is Specific Technique and Skill – Albert Ellis
The Main Change Agent in Psychotherapy Is the Relationship between Therapist and Client – David Howe
Deconstructing Diagnosis – Ian Parker
Psychopathological Practice
Psychopathology Is a Reality and Psychodiagnosis Is a Necessity – Norman D Macaskill
The Limitations of Boundaries – Derek Gale
Maintaining Boundaries in Psychotherapy – David Livingstone Smith
A View from Evolutionary Psychoanalysis
PART THREE: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
Personal Therapy as a Training Requirement – Ann Macaskill
The Lack of Supporting Evidence
In Defence of Therapy for Training – Valerie Sinason
Becoming an Effective Psychotherapist or Counsellor – Jim Mc Lellan
Are Training and Supervision Necessary?
Training and Supervision Make a Difference – Mary Connor
Against and beyond Core Theoretical Models – Colin Feltham
Training in a Core Theoretical Model Is Essential – Sue Wheeler
Professionalization of Therapy by Registration Is Unnecessary, Ill-Advised and Damaging – Richard Mowbray
Registration Benefits and Is Necessary to the Public and the Profession – Digby Tantam
Psychotherapy and Counselling Are Indistinguishable – Brian Thorne
There Are Real Differences between Psychotherapy and Counselling – Jan Harvie-Clarke
PART FOUR: SOCIAL ISSUES
Stress Discourse and Individualization – Tim Newton
Employee Assistance Programmes and Stress Counselling – John Berridge
At a Crossroads?
Psychotherapy and Counselling as Unproven, Overblown and Unconvincing – Alex Howard
Psychotherapy as Essential Care – Jeremy Holmes
Mind at the End of Its Tether – Fay Weldon
Counselling and Psychotherapy as Enabling and Empowering – Sheelagh Strawbridge
Circa l’autore
Colin Feltham is series editor of Professional Skills for Counsellors and Short Introductions to the Therapy Professions series, co-editor of SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy and author of several SAGE texts, including What is Counselling?
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