"This book has done the almost impossible - improve on what was an informative and worthwhile second edition." - Gella Richards, Roehampton University, London "The Handbook of Counselling Psychology continues to be a key resource for people considering undertaking a career as a counselling psychologist, current students and more experienced practitioners. It has continued to develop its focus over time and has justly earned a reputation as a classic text... This book deserves a place on the bookshelf of every Counselling Psychologist. " - Professor Rachel Tribe, Director of Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and related programmes at the University of East London "The contents cover key areas of theory and practice include the key issue of reflexivity that is a particular philosophy and signifier of this profession. The articulation of future opportunities highlights some leading-edge ideas." Professor Vanja Orlans, Metanoia Institute/Middlesex University This third edition of a seminal text reflects new developments with counselling psychology. In six sections, it covers areas such as neuroscience, narrative approaches and post-modernist thinking. New chapters include: - the nature of evidence - interpreting case material - attachment thoery and neuroscience - community psychology - legal frameworks - testing measurement and diagnosis - the interface between psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches. Special attention has been paid to the research evidence, current issues and debates, theoretical and philosophical underpinnings, political and resource issues and illustrative case material. The handbook is an essential companion for students and practitioners in the field of counselling psychology, at all stages of their careeer and across the whole range of settings- NHS, education, private and voluntary.

PART ONE: WHAT IS COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY? The Nature and Development of Counselling Psychology - Sheelagh Strawbridge and Ray Woolfe 'Disorder' and Its Discontents - Barbara Douglas What Is Evidence? - Sarah Corrie Interpreting Case Material - John Davy PART TWO: TRADITION, CHALLENGE AND CHANGE Psychodynamic Approaches - Rosemary Rizq Cognitive and Behavioural Approaches - Diana Sanders Humanistic Approaches - Simon Du Plock A Narrative Approach to Counselling Psychology - John Davy Towards Integration - Maja O'Brien PART THREE: DIFFERENCE AND DISCRIMINATION Cross-Cultural Counselling Psychology - Zak Eleftheriadou Feminist Perspectives - Carolyn Kagan, Carol Tindall and Julia Robinson Relational Trauma - Lynne Jordan Sexual Identities: Meanings for Counselling Psychology Practice - Martin Milton and Colin Hicks PART FOUR: DEVELOPMENTAL THEMES The Life Course: A Neo-Pragmatic Meta-Model of Usefulness - Leonie Sugarman Children and Young People - Samantha Heywood Psychological Counselling with Young Adults - Cassie Cooper Working with Families - Katrina Alilovic and Sarah Yassine Midlife Issues - Simon Biggs Psychological Therapy with Older Adults - Fiona Goudie PART FIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND TENSIONS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS Counselling Psychology in the NHS - Pam James and Alan Bellamy Counselling Psychology in the Workplace - Stephen Palmer and Kristina Gyllensten Working in Private Practice - Jacqui Porter Forensic Settings - Clive Sims Counselling Psychology in Educational Settings - Dee Danchev Community Psychology: Linking the Individual with the Community - Carolyn Kagan, Carol Tindall and Julia Robinson PART SIX: PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES Ethical Issues - Carol Shillito-Clarke Legal Frameworks - Diane Hammersley Training and Professional Development - Peter Martin Personal Development - Rosemary Rizq Supervision - Ray Woolfe and Margaret Tholstrup PART SEVEN: FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES The Collaborative Use of Psychometric Assessment - Susan van Scoyoc The Interface between Psychopharmacological and Psychotherapeutic Approaches - Diane Hammersley Attachment and Its Relationship to Mind, Brain, Trauma and the Therapeutic Endeavour - Mary Heller The Future of Counselling Psychology - Ralph Goldstein