Understanding the Counselling Relationship

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?

• Introduction - Colin FelthamContextualizing the Therapeutic Relationship - Colin FelthamThe Relationship in Psychodynamic Counselling - Jeremy HolmesThe Relationship in Person-Centred Counselling - Paul WilkinsDialogical Psychotherapy - Maurice Friedman`I′m OK, You′re OK - and They′re OK′ - Keith TudorTherapeatic Relationships in Transactional AnalysisThe Therapeutic Relationship in Cognitive Therapy - Diana Sanders and Frank WillsThe Relationship in Multimodal Therapy - Stephen PalmerThe Counselling Relationship and Psychological Type - Rowan BayneProfessional and Socio-Cultural Aspects of the Counselling Relationship - Janice RussellLearning from Research into the Counselling Relationship - Roxane Agnew-Davies

`This book presents contrasting views of the relationship between the counsellor, or therapist, and the client, as held by practioners from diverse theoretical orientations. Each chapter clarifies and considers the elements of the counselling relationship which have the most bearing on therapeutic practice and the strengths of each are highlighted in terms of understanding, theory and skills′ - New Therapist `This book is a timely contribution to the debate regarding what makes counselling work as we are forced to consider by purchasers and purveyors of counselling the efficacy of what we offer.... The book has a house style that makes it clear and accessible in the field and raises some interesting and thought-provoking issues′ - British Journal of Guidance & Counselling