`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?
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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
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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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