| Description |
287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Tim Bond -- Preface: Epilogue for Paula -- Introduction / Kim Etherington -- 1. A wounded healer: From client to counsellor / Heather Goodare -- 2. Palliative care counselling: Emotional and psychological support from diagnosis to death / Kate Kirk and Maria Lever -- 3. Working in general practice with somatisation of childhood sexual abuse / Sue Santi Ireson -- 4. Working as a counsellor in an NHS multidisciplinary team / Julia Segal -- 5. Counselling children and their families in intensive care / Penny Cook -- 6. 'Awkward' clients and 'awkward' topics: Young people and sexual health / Caroline Stedman -- 7. Counselling people living with HIV/AIDS / Pete Connor -- 8. Working with people with fertility problems: A counsellor's personal experience / Gill Woodbridge -- 9. Riding the rollercoaster: A personal account of being counselled about fertility / Helen Boxer -- 10. Cut, burn and poison: A personal account of breast cancer / Rosie Jeffries -- 11. Challenges of counselling in psychiatric settings / Rachel Freeth -- 12. Integrating counselling within the mental health services / Karl Gregory -- 13. Training and supervision issues for counsellors working in health settings / Kim Etherington |
| Summary |
Shows how counselling can and should form an integral part of a patient's health care, explaining key theoretical considerations and relevant research and applying these to suggestions for good practice.It also discusses the needs of counsellors themselves and the roles they are expected to fulfil |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Health counseling.
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Sick -- Psychology.
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| Author |
Etherington, Kim.
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| LC no. |
2001029719 |
| ISBN |
1853029386 alkaline paper |
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