Questions and Answers on Counselling in Action

Introduction/PART ONE: SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF PRACTICE/The Core Conditions/The Use of Audio-Tapes in Counselling/Against Self-Disclosure/Using Hypnosis in Counselling/Counselling for a Brief Period/Client Resistance/The Ending Phase of Counselling/PART TWO: ISSUES OF MATCHING IN COUNSELLING/Advising on the Most Suitable Counselling Arena/Women Counselling Women/Ethnic Matching in Counselling/Trainee Counsellors' Clients/PART THREE: THE PERSONAL AND THE PRACTICAL/The Counsellor's Life Crisis/When the Counsellor Shares the Client's Problem/Spirituality and the Counsellor/When Values Clash/PART FOUR: BEYOND SPECIFIC ORIENTATIONS/Choosing an Eclectic Not Syncretic Psychotherapist/Reservations about Eclectic and Integrative Approaches to Counselling/Beyond Egan/Towards a Personal Model of Counselling/PART FIVE: ETHICAL ISSUES/Counsellor/Client Sex/Reporting a Colleague's Misconduct/Body and Spirit/When to Protect a Client from Self-Destruction/PART SIX: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES/Psychology and Counselling/Research and Practice/Evaluating Counselling/Guidelines for Practice/Starting Your Own Private Practice/Objections to Private Practice/Against Indemnity Insurance/Making a Living as a Counsellor