Books in the Living Therapies Series series

"Many counsellors who work in primary care find it difficult to explain to colleagues in the primary care team what they actually do with clients behind the closed door of their room

This text highlights the complexities of dealing with people who have a drug-related problem and offers an insight into the world of drug users and the counselling process. It also provides an explanation of Carl Rogers' counselling model.

Demonstrating the application of person-centred alcohol counselling theory using dialogue to illustrate interactions, this text describes counselling supervision and looks at how this approach helps support the counsellor.

Each preceding book in the Living Therapy series provides a demonstration of the application of the person-centred approach to counselling and psychotherapy to clients presenting with particular issues

Focuses on women whose eating patterns have generated side-effects on other aspects of their lives such as work, health and family. This book is useful for trainees and experienced counsellors, members of support organisations, and women suffering from eating disorders, their friends and families.

This text provides insights into the experience of working with a client who is a survivor of child sexual abuse. It demonstrates the application of person-centred counselling theory in this context by using fictitious dialogue.

This book has been written specifically to meet the needs of counsellors and trainers working with the National Health Service

In The United Kingdom over 30,000 deaths a year are caused by obesity. Counsellors, trainees and other healthcare and social care professionals need to understand and experience the diverse and challenging aspects of this rapidly developing issue. By including fictitious supervision as well as counselling sessions, Counselling for Obesity further aids professional development and gives a unique, person-centred insight into a clientΓÇÖs potential needs.

Coming to terms with a progressive disabling disease can be a struggle, not only for the personal nature of pain, but the stressful impact that it can have on family and friends

This text provides insight into the work of counsellors in helping young people cope in schools, colleges, universities, surgeries and hospitals, social services and charities. It uses dialogue to enable both trainee and experienced counsellors to enter the world of the young person.