Long-Term Counselling

By Geraldine Shipton and Eileen Smith

Counselling can be a long-term process, whether by initial design or because of the emergence of new concerns within work originally planned as short-term or focused. Occasionally, counselling is long-term by default, when the counsellor or client cannot face ending or when the counsellor cannot envisage other ways of working with a client. This book examines the complex and varied issues which can arise, with an emphasis throughout on skilled, professional and ethical practice.

Encouraging trainees and practitioners to think about the day-to-day realities and issues of long-term work, the book considers working parameters and issues of definition, setting and orientation. It also focuses on assessing and managing the work

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761950303
• ISBN13: 9780761950301
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Sage Publications UK
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"