Therapy and Beyond : Counselling Psychology Contributions to Therapeutic and Social Issues

Content: Chapter 1 Philosophical Pluralism: Navigating the Sea of Diversity in Psychotherapeutic and Counselling Psychology Practice (pages 5–19): Donal McAteer Chapter 2 Existential?Phenomenological Contributions to Counselling Psychology's Relational Framework (pages 21–39): Elena Manafi Chapter 3 Counselling Psychology and Research: Revisiting the Relationship in the Light of our ‘Mission’ (pages 41–55): Deborah Rafalin Chapter 4 Understanding Human Distress: Moving beyond the Concept of ‘Psychopathology’ (pages 57–72): Martin Milton, Mark Craven and Adrian Coyle Chapter 5 Being with Humans: An Evolutionary Framework for the Therapeutic Relationship (pages 73–87): Frances Gillies Chapter 6 Ethics: The Fundamental Dimension of Counselling Psychology (pages 89–99): Camilla Olsen Chapter 7 Different Theoretical Differences and Contextual Influences (pages 105–121): Riccardo Draghi?Lorenz Chapter 8 Humanistic Contributions to Pluralistic Practice (pages 123–138): Heidi Ashley Chapter 9 Psychodynamic Contributions to Pluralistic Practice (pages 139–153): Debora Diamond Chapter 10 Cognitive?Behavioural Contributions to Pluralistic Practice: Reflections on an Issue of Some Contention (pages 155–169): Terry Boucher Chapter 11 Amor Fati: Existential Contributions to Pluralistic Practice (pages 171–187): Elena Manafi Chapter 12 The Counselling Psychologist Working in a Pain Context (pages 195–211): Natalie Hession Chapter 13 Working with Sport and Exercise Psychologists: A Winning Combination? (pages 213–228): Jill Owen Chapter 14 The ‘R’Word (pages 229–242): Joanna Lofthouse Chapter 15 Counselling Psychology Contributions to Understanding Sexuality (pages 243–258): Colin Hicks Chapter 16 Counselling Psychology Contributions to Religion and Spirituality (pages 259–275): Adrian Coyle Chapter 17 Counselling Psychology and the Media: The Highs and Lows (pages 277–291): Lucy Atcheson Chapter 18 Coming Home to Roost: Counselling Psychology and the Natural World (pages 293–308): Martin Milton Philosophical pluralism : navigating the sea of diversity in psychotherapeutic and counselling psychology practice / Donal McAteer Existential-phenomenological contributions to counselling psychology's relational framework / Elena Manafi Counselling psychology and research : re-visiting the relationship in light of "our mission" / Deborah Rafalin Understanding human distress : moving beyond the concept of "psychopathology" / Martin Milton, Mark Craven, and Adrian Coyle Being with humans : an evolutionary framework for the therapeutic relationship / Frances Gillies Ethics : the fundamental dimension of counselling psychology / Camilla Olsen Different theoretical differences and contextual influences / Riccardo Draghi-Lorenz Humanistic contributions to pluralistic practice / Heidi Ashley Psychodynamic contributions to pluralistic practice / Debora Diamond Cognitive-behavioural contributions to pluralistic practice : reflection on an issue of some contention / Terry Boucher Amor fati : existential contributions to pluralistic practice / Elena Manafi The counselling psychologist working in a pain context / Natalie Hession Working with sport and exercise psychologists : a winning combination? / Jill Owen The "R" word / Joanna Lofthouse Counselling psychology contributions to understanding sexuality / Colin Hicks Counselling psychology contributions to religion and spirituality / Adrian Coyle Counselling psychology and the media : the highs and lows / Lucy Atcheson Coming home to roost : counselling psychology and the natural world / Martin Milton. Therapy and Beyond: Counselling Psychology Contributions to Therapeutic and Social Issues presents an overview of the origins, current practices, and potential future of the discipline of counselling psychology. Presents an up-to-date review of the knowledge base behind the discipline of counselling psychology that addresses the notion of human wellbeing and critiques the concept of ‘psychopathology'Includes an assessment of the contributions that counselling psychology makes to understanding people as individuals, in their working lives, and in wider social domains Offers an overview of counselling psychology's contributions beyond the consulting room, including practices in the domain of spirituality, the arts and creative media, and the environmental movement Critiques contemporary challenges facing research as well as the role that research methods have in responding to questions about humanity and individual experience 'Anyone who needs to be convinced of the relevance and contribution of counselling psychology to modern therapeutic practice and to its vibrancy, creativity and penetration into contemporary contexts should look no further than this excellent book. It breaks new ground by challenging the reader - both trainees and experienced practitioners alike - to critically reflect on the diverse practice and meanings of modern counselling psychology and psychotherapy. Martin Milton and his colleagues are to be congratulated on this groundbreaking book.'-Professor Robert Bor; Lead Consultant Psychologist, Royal Free Hospital London and Director, Dynamic Change Consultants Ltd Therapy and Beyond: Counselling Psychology Contributions to Therapeutic and Social Issues presents an overview of the origins, current practices, and potential future of the discipline of counselling psychology. : Presents an up-to-date review of the knowledge base behind the discipline of counselling psychology that addresses the notion of human wellbeing and critiques the concept of 'psychopathology' Includes an assessment of the contributions that counselling psychology makes to understanding people as individuals, in their working lives, and in wider social domains; Offers an overview of c