`Useful for the insights about introducing a new service into the general practice environment′ –
Family Practice
Counselling practitioners in primary care settings have unique circumstances to contend with. This book offers practical guidance for managing the issues these counsellors face, exploring the complex dynamics of health care teams and providing a guide to the safe and effective practice of counselling in primary health care contexts.
The book highlights potential sources of difficulty for this group, from needing to maximize therapeutic contact while using time-limited techniques, to working with a wide range of patients and problems and relying increasingly on evidence-based practice.
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Foreword – Graham Curtis Jenkins
Introduction – Robert Bor and Damian Mc Cann
Setting Up a Counselling Service – Carole A Trowbridge
A Biopsychosocial Approach to Counselling in Primary Care – John Davy
Doctors, Counsellors and Their Patients – Susan Hopkins and Mary O′Callaghan
Intraphysic and Interpersonal Issues
Deeper Issues in Collaboration – Gilly Pembroke
Avoiding Pitfalls and Managing Internal Boundaries
Managing Referrals – Teresa Schaefer, Jenny Chesshryre and Susan Kendal
Managing Patient Flow – Carole Waskett
Waiting and Absences
Confidentiality in a Team Setting – Carole Waskett
Doing Therapy Briefly in Primary Care – Christine Parrott
Theoretical Concepts
Doing Therapy Briefly in Primary Care – Christine Parrott
Clinical Applications
The Competent Patient – Sheila Gill
Counselling and the Use of Psychotropic Medication – Jo Sexton
Training in Counselling in Primary Health Care – Gilly Pembroke
Supervision in Primary Care Counselling – Damian Mc Cann
Evaluating Counselling in Primary Health Care – Peter du Plessis and Robert Bor
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Professor Robert Bor trained in the UK, South Africa and the USA. He is a Chartered Clinical, Counselling and Health Psychologist as well as a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He is a UKCP Registered Family Therapist, having completed his specialist training at the Tavistock Clinic, London and a clinical member of the Institute of Family Therapy, London. He has a special interest in developing psychological support services for those affected by chronic or acute medical conditions, and especially those with cancer.
He has published more than 150 articles and chapters in peer-review publications as well as 20 books on the psychological impact of illness and serves on the editorial board of numerous international journals. He is also the Consulting Psychologist to several leading schools in London including St Pauls School, The Royal Ballet School and JFS.
He is an active member of the International Psycho-Oncology Society, consults to Chai Cancer Care in London and he is a Churchill Fellow.