Personal Construct Counselling in Action (Counselling in Action series)

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 176 pages
• Published by: Sage Publications Ltd
• Edition: 2nd Edition May 15, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0761966145
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0761966142
• Book Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 11 ounces

Product Description
The revised and updated edition of this practical, accessible book gives a clear introduction to personal construct counselling for counselling trainees and practitioners alike. Outlining the key principles of the personal construct approach to counselling and relating them to practice, the book carefully explores ways in which counsellors, through credulous listening to everything the client says - and does not say - can build the client's awareness of the manner in which he or she construes problems. The range of methods that can be used to help the counsellor and client learn more about inherent contradictions and their implications, are described and illustrated. The book goes on to show how the counsellor and client in partnership can then devise experiments for change through which the client can try out new and more rewarding ways of construing and acting. A number of approaches to facilitating change are discussed and exemplified. The book includes a detailed case study of the counselling process with one particular client.