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This is the first book on counselling skills to look in detail at the practical interventions and tools used to establish the therapeutic relationship. Step-by-step, the text teaches the reader exactly how to use these skills with clients to address their concerns and achieve therapeutic change.



Integrative and pluralistic in approach, the text covers the key techniques from all the major therapeutic models, placing them in their historical and theoretical contexts. Techniques covered include empathic responding, experiential focusing, Gestalt, metaphors, task-directed imagery, ego state therapy, solution focused therapy, cognitive behvioral therapy, narrative therapy and self-in-relationship therapy. The book:





- presents each technique from the perspective of its underlying theory;


- gives practical instruction on how to deliver each intervention;


- provides extracts from counselling sessions to demonstrate the technique in action.





This book is crucial reading for all trainees on counselling and psychotherapy courses or preparing to use counselling techniques in a range of other professional settings. It is also helpful for professionals who wish to acquire additional skills.





Augustine Meier, certified clinical psychologist, professor Emeritus, Faculty of Human Sciences, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario and Founder and President of the Ottawa Institute for Object Relations Therapy.





Micheline Boivin, certified clinical psychologist, Psychological Services of the Family, Youth and Children's Program at the Centre for Health and Social Services, Gatineau, Quebec. 'This original and sophisticated book provides advanced students with a focused introduction to the main schools of counselling, offering detailed, accurate and highly specific information about each counselling technique. Ideal reading for postgraduate psychology students, counselling psychology trainees or trainee counsellors, I would recommend this book for my students.' - Dr Fiona Starr, Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Principal Lecturer, School of Health and Social Sciences, Middlesex University




'This book is a pleasure to read. Written in an easy-to-follow format the contents provide the reader with not only the theory of each technique but more importantly the ways in which it can be used. Therapists will find this a useful addition to their bookshelves and to their therapeutic work in general. As someone who taught on Diploma and Masters programmes in Counselling, this book will also be of considerable use to trainee therapists and tutors alike.' - Gladeana McMahon, Co-Director, Centre for Stress Management and Chair of the Association for Coaching UK

Counselling and Therapy Techniques: Theory & Practice

Theoretical Bridges and the Psychotherapy Process

Introduction

Epistemological Foundations

Psychotherapeutic Content - Client Experiences

Encoding Experiences

Psychic Organisations and Processes

Target of Change: Behaviour or Reworking and Rebuilding Psychic Organizations

Phases of the Change Process and Techniques

Techniques and the Therapeutic Relationship

Therapist - Client Collaboration

Discriminate Use of a Technique

Ethical Considerations and the Use of Techniques

References

Empathic Responses

Introduction

Empathy: Origin and Definitions

Theoretical Aspects

Measuring Accurate Empathy

The Technique of Empathic Responding

Guidelines for Formulating and Communicating Empathic Responses

Common Problems and Empathic Inhibitors

Illustration: Tania

References

The Experiential Focusing Technique

Introduction

Theoretical Aspects

The Practice of Experiential Focusing

Illustration: Simone

References

The Gestalt Empty-Chair and Two-Chair Techniques

Introduction

Part 1: Personality Organization and Processes

Primary Motivating Factor

Contact and Contact Boundary

Stages of Personality Development

Subsystems of Personality

Processes of Personality Development

Organismic Self-Regulation

Boundary Disturbances

Therapeutic Goals, Role of Therapist and Techniques

Part 2: The Gestalt Empty-Chair Technique

Unfinished Business

The Gestalt Empty-Chair Technique in Action

Illustration: Robert

Part 3: The Gestalt Two-Chair Technique

Theoretical Aspects

Procedures Using the Gestalt Two-Chair Technique

Illustration: Rick

Conclusion

References

The Use of Metaphors in Therapy

Introduction

Metaphor: Definition, Structure, and Power

Client-Generated Metaphors

Types of Client-Generated Metaphors

Techniques to Unravel Metaphors

Eliciting and Exploring Client-Generated Metaphors

Pitfalls in Using Metaphors

Ethical Considerations

Illustration: Karen

References

Task-Directed Imagery

Introduction

Imagery in Context

Task-Directed Imagery

Illustration: Maylyn

References

Ego-State Therapy

Introduction

Ego States: Major Concepts, Development, and Activation

The Practice of Ego-State Therapy

Illustration: Sonja

References

Solution-Focused Therapy

Introduction

Theoretical Aspects

The Practice of Solution-Focused Therapy

Procedures for Doing Solution-Focused Therapy

Illustration: Colleen

References

Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy

Introduction

Part 1: Theoretical Aspects

Theory of Personality

Theory of Psychopathology

Part 2: Psychotherapy Procedures and Techniques

Goal of Therapy

Fundamental Clinical Processes

Psychotherapeutic Techniques

Part 3: Working with Automatic Thoughts

Procedures

Illustration: Sebastien

Part 4: Working with Schemas

Classification of Schemas

Schema Processes

Procedures

Illustration: Sebastien

References

Narrative Therapy

Introduction

Theoretical Influences

Theoretical Aspects

The Practice of Narrative Therapy

Method in Working with Narratives

Ethical Considerations

Illustration: Sonja

References

Self-in-Relationship Psychotherapy

Introduction

Major Concepts and Processes

Therapeutic Process

Illustration: Sofia

References