1st Edition
Effective Short-Term Counselling within the Primary Care Setting Psychodynamic and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy Approaches
By Valerie Garrett
Copyright 2010
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book covers two distinct yet related topics: the primary care setting and the counselling carried out within it, and it can be dipped into or read straight through. Part One, using psychodynamic and systems theory, explores the holding environment of primary care, the interpersonal relationships within the primary care team, and other variables affecting counselling in a medical... Read more
How to Use this Book , Introduction , The Primary Care Setting: Finding Your Feet at the Coalface , Introduction to Part I , Setting the scene of primary care counselling against the backdrop of a rapidly-evolving NHS service , Valuing what you bring to the primary care setting as an experienced or newly graduated counsellor , Introduction and induction into the GP surgery , Finding your place in the medical organizational family , Medical model vs. psychological model , The primary care counsellor's support systems , Whose needs are being met? , The Practice of Counselling and the Impact of the Setting Theory and Practice: Working at the Coalface , Introduction to Part II , Time and how we use it: assessing what is appropriate for the patient , Assessment , Use of psychotropic drugs, their probable impact upon counselling, and their side effects , The contract , Approaches to different categories of patient and presenting problem , Waiting lists, endings, and referring on , Endnotes
Biography
Valerie Garrett
