Personal development in counselling and psychotherapy /
Sofie Bager-Charleson.
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : London : Sage ; Learning Matters, 2012.
- vii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Counselling and psychotherapy practice. .
Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 What is personal development? -- ch. 2 The g̀ood enough' therapist -- ch. 3 Trust and support for personal and professional growth -- ch. 4 The anatomy of healing -- ch. 5 Theory and the therapist as a person -- ch. 6 Accountability and transparency -- ch. 7 Placing ourselves in context: research as a personal narrative (by Marie Adams) -- ch. 8 A therapeutic journey across cultural and linguistic borderlands (by Beverley Costa) -- ch. 9 Being a listener with a voice.
There is an increased emphasis on self awareness and self care in counselling and psychotherapy training, with a focus on how the therapist as a person affects the therapeutic outcome. This timely book is designed to help counselling students, trainees and graduates with integrating their personal development into their professional planning.