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Controversies in ­Psychotherapy and ­Counselling
By Colin Feltham (Edited by)

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United Kingdom, 1 October 1999

`My congratulations to Colin Feltham for assembling a set of contentious issues and lively authors which together made me forget my surroundings' - Person-Centred Practice



`Editor Colin Feltham's choice of topics shows an astute, on-the-ground awareness of the issues that dog the industry, while still making lively reading' - New Therapist



In this book, leading practitioners, critics and commentators take sides on many topical and core debates including:



· Theoretical issues: Does the unconscious really exist? Is birth trauma a fiction? Should one believe in `false memories'?



· Clinical issues: Is therapy effective? Is `the relationship' central to success? Do therapists pathologize their clients? Are boundaries necessary?



· Professional issues: Do trainees need therapy? Is professionalization of the field desirable? Are counselling and psychotherapy really distinguishable?



· Social issues: Can therapy be proven necessary? Does therapy benefit individuals or contribute to social control? Does stress really exist?


Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling - Colin Feltham

PART ONE: THEORETICAL ISSUES

Does the Unconscious Mind Really Exist? - E M Thornton

On the Existence of the Unconscious - Tim Kendall and Peter Speedwell

Primal Therapies - Stillborn Theories - Jennifer M Cunningham

The Trauma of Birth - John Rowan

False Memories - A Peripheral Issue? - Roger Scotford

Believing Patients - Majorie Orr

PART TWO: CLINICAL ISSUES

The Ineffectiveness of Psychotherapy - W M Epstein

It Has Been Amply Demonstrated that Psychotherapy Is Effective - Stephen Saunders

The Main Change Agent in Effective Psychotherapy Is Specific Technique and Skill - Albert Ellis

The Main Change Agent in Psychotherapy Is the Relationship between Therapist and Client - David Howe

Deconstructing Diagnosis - Ian Parker

Psychopathological Practice

Psychopathology Is a Reality and Psychodiagnosis Is a Necessity - Norman D Macaskill

The Limitations of Boundaries - Derek Gale

Maintaining Boundaries in Psychotherapy - David Livingstone Smith

A View from Evolutionary Psychoanalysis

PART THREE: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

Personal Therapy as a Training Requirement - Ann Macaskill

The Lack of Supporting Evidence

In Defence of Therapy for Training - Valerie Sinason

Becoming an Effective Psychotherapist or Counsellor - Jim McLellan

Are Training and Supervision Necessary?

Training and Supervision Make a Difference - Mary Connor

Against and beyond Core Theoretical Models - Colin Feltham

Training in a Core Theoretical Model Is Essential - Sue Wheeler

Professionalization of Therapy by Registration Is Unnecessary, Ill-Advised and Damaging - Richard Mowbray

Registration Benefits and Is Necessary to the Public and the Profession - Digby Tantam

Psychotherapy and Counselling Are Indistinguishable - Brian Thorne

There Are Real Differences between Psychotherapy and Counselling - Jan Harvie-Clarke

PART FOUR: SOCIAL ISSUES

Stress Discourse and Individualization - Tim Newton

Employee Assistance Programmes and Stress Counselling - John Berridge

At a Crossroads?

Psychotherapy and Counselling as Unproven, Overblown and Unconvincing - Alex Howard

Psychotherapy as Essential Care - Jeremy Holmes

Mind at the End of Its Tether - Fay Weldon

Counselling and Psychotherapy as Enabling and Empowering - Sheelagh Strawbridge

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`My congratulations to Colin Feltham for assembling a set of contentious issues and lively authors which together made me forget my surroundings' - Person-Centred Practice



`Editor Colin Feltham's choice of topics shows an astute, on-the-ground awareness of the issues that dog the industry, while still making lively reading' - New Therapist



In this book, leading practitioners, critics and commentators take sides on many topical and core debates including:



· Theoretical issues: Does the unconscious really exist? Is birth trauma a fiction? Should one believe in `false memories'?



· Clinical issues: Is therapy effective? Is `the relationship' central to success? Do therapists pathologize their clients? Are boundaries necessary?



· Professional issues: Do trainees need therapy? Is professionalization of the field desirable? Are counselling and psychotherapy really distinguishable?



· Social issues: Can therapy be proven necessary? Does therapy benefit individuals or contribute to social control? Does stress really exist?


Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling - Colin Feltham

PART ONE: THEORETICAL ISSUES

Does the Unconscious Mind Really Exist? - E M Thornton

On the Existence of the Unconscious - Tim Kendall and Peter Speedwell

Primal Therapies - Stillborn Theories - Jennifer M Cunningham

The Trauma of Birth - John Rowan

False Memories - A Peripheral Issue? - Roger Scotford

Believing Patients - Majorie Orr

PART TWO: CLINICAL ISSUES

The Ineffectiveness of Psychotherapy - W M Epstein

It Has Been Amply Demonstrated that Psychotherapy Is Effective - Stephen Saunders

The Main Change Agent in Effective Psychotherapy Is Specific Technique and Skill - Albert Ellis

The Main Change Agent in Psychotherapy Is the Relationship between Therapist and Client - David Howe

Deconstructing Diagnosis - Ian Parker

Psychopathological Practice

Psychopathology Is a Reality and Psychodiagnosis Is a Necessity - Norman D Macaskill

The Limitations of Boundaries - Derek Gale

Maintaining Boundaries in Psychotherapy - David Livingstone Smith

A View from Evolutionary Psychoanalysis

PART THREE: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

Personal Therapy as a Training Requirement - Ann Macaskill

The Lack of Supporting Evidence

In Defence of Therapy for Training - Valerie Sinason

Becoming an Effective Psychotherapist or Counsellor - Jim McLellan

Are Training and Supervision Necessary?

Training and Supervision Make a Difference - Mary Connor

Against and beyond Core Theoretical Models - Colin Feltham

Training in a Core Theoretical Model Is Essential - Sue Wheeler

Professionalization of Therapy by Registration Is Unnecessary, Ill-Advised and Damaging - Richard Mowbray

Registration Benefits and Is Necessary to the Public and the Profession - Digby Tantam

Psychotherapy and Counselling Are Indistinguishable - Brian Thorne

There Are Real Differences between Psychotherapy and Counselling - Jan Harvie-Clarke

PART FOUR: SOCIAL ISSUES

Stress Discourse and Individualization - Tim Newton

Employee Assistance Programmes and Stress Counselling - John Berridge

At a Crossroads?

Psychotherapy and Counselling as Unproven, Overblown and Unconvincing - Alex Howard

Psychotherapy as Essential Care - Jeremy Holmes

Mind at the End of Its Tether - Fay Weldon

Counselling and Psychotherapy as Enabling and Empowering - Sheelagh Strawbridge

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EAN
9780761956402
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0761956409
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23.9 x 15.5 x 2.3 centimeters (0.61 kg)

Table of Contents

Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling - Colin Feltham
PART ONE: THEORETICAL ISSUES
Does the Unconscious Mind Really Exist? - E M Thornton
On the Existence of the Unconscious - Tim Kendall and Peter Speedwell
Primal Therapies - Stillborn Theories - Jennifer M Cunningham
The Trauma of Birth - John Rowan
False Memories - A Peripheral Issue? - Roger Scotford
Believing Patients - Majorie Orr
PART TWO: CLINICAL ISSUES
The Ineffectiveness of Psychotherapy - W M Epstein
It Has Been Amply Demonstrated that Psychotherapy Is Effective - Stephen Saunders
The Main Change Agent in Effective Psychotherapy Is Specific Technique and Skill - Albert Ellis
The Main Change Agent in Psychotherapy Is the Relationship between Therapist and Client - David Howe
Deconstructing Diagnosis - Ian Parker
Psychopathological Practice
Psychopathology Is a Reality and Psychodiagnosis Is a Necessity - Norman D Macaskill
The Limitations of Boundaries - Derek Gale
Maintaining Boundaries in Psychotherapy - David Livingstone Smith
A View from Evolutionary Psychoanalysis
PART THREE: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
Personal Therapy as a Training Requirement - Ann Macaskill
The Lack of Supporting Evidence
In Defence of Therapy for Training - Valerie Sinason
Becoming an Effective Psychotherapist or Counsellor - Jim McLellan
Are Training and Supervision Necessary?
Training and Supervision Make a Difference - Mary Connor
Against and beyond Core Theoretical Models - Colin Feltham
Training in a Core Theoretical Model Is Essential - Sue Wheeler
Professionalization of Therapy by Registration Is Unnecessary, Ill-Advised and Damaging - Richard Mowbray
Registration Benefits and Is Necessary to the Public and the Profession - Digby Tantam
Psychotherapy and Counselling Are Indistinguishable - Brian Thorne
There Are Real Differences between Psychotherapy and Counselling - Jan Harvie-Clarke
PART FOUR: SOCIAL ISSUES
Stress Discourse and Individualization - Tim Newton
Employee Assistance Programmes and Stress Counselling - John Berridge
At a Crossroads?
Psychotherapy and Counselling as Unproven, Overblown and Unconvincing - Alex Howard
Psychotherapy as Essential Care - Jeremy Holmes
Mind at the End of Its Tether - Fay Weldon
Counselling and Psychotherapy as Enabling and Empowering - Sheelagh Strawbridge

About the Author

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?

Reviews

`The book is written in a lucid conersational style and while it is accessible to non-specialists, few concessions are made for those who do not share the underlying tenets on which it is based.... Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling stands as a refreshing antidote to all those mutually affirming books on therapy. A little more grit of this sort may just help to make therapy the mature and socially beneficial pearl it potentially could be′ - Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy `Editor Colin Feltham′s choice of topics shows an astute, on the ground awareness of the issues that dog the industry, while still making lively reading′ - New Therapist `My congratulations to Colin Feltham for assembling a set of contentious issues and lively authors which together made me forget my surroundings′ - Person-Centred Practice

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