| Description |
viii, 198 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Counselling in Health Care Settings -- 2. Theoretical Concepts -- 3. Beliefs about Illness and Counselling -- 4. Reframing and Creating Balance in Patient Beliefs -- 5. Counselling Tasks in Health Care -- 6. Exploring and Defining Problems in Counselling -- 7. Principles and Aims of Counselling, and the Structure of the Session -- 8. Genograms -- 9. Confidentiality and Secrets -- 10. Giving Information -- 11. Giving 'Bad News' -- 12. Counselling for Loss and Terminal Care -- 13. Bereavement Counselling -- 14. Counselling the 'Worried-well' and Patients with Intractable Health Worries -- 15. Models of Consultation and Collaboration -- 16. Moving on from Feeling Stuck in Counselling -- 17. Counselling for the Prevention of Ill Health -- 18. Language Use and Stereotyping of Gender-Specific Diseases -- 19. Work Stress and Staff Support |
| Summary |
Counselling in Health Care Settings is a book which conveys a message of hope: that everyone can find a positive aspect to their life, even when facing illness and death. It describes the theory and practice of counselling in this field and addresses the issues that confront individuals, couples, families and multi-disciplinary professional teams. The book has been based on a tried and tested counselling approach and includes extensive case study examples to help the counsellor respond with confidence to the many and diverse situations and problems encountered in counselling sessions. Counselling in Health Care Settings will be valuable to all those who counsel patients and their families, presenting clear and concise approaches to problem-focused counselling and offering guidance to a diverse range of clinical problems |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 192-194. - Includes index |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Clinical psychology.
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Counseling.
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Health counseling.
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Medical care.
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Counseling.
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Patient Care.
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Counseling -- methods.
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Counseling -- methods.
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| Author |
Bor, Robert.
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| LC no. |
98220788 |
| ISBN |
0304339857 (cased) |
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0304339865 |
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