Emotional Well-being and Mental Health: A Guide for Counsellors Psychother [Paperback]

Well-being is an important topic for many different professions. From health professionals to politicians, a number of fields seek to research, understand and promote wellbeing. As a concept at the heart of psychotherapeutic practice, it is essential that trainee and practising therapists understand the distinctive contribution to our understanding of well-being that each of these professions have made.

In this unique text, author Digby Tantam explores the philosophical, political, economical, psychological, medical and spiritual perspectives on well-being through a psychotherapeutic lens, explaining current research data and summarising findings. Theoretical approaches are balanced with an insight into their practical applications, showing therapists how each approach can inform their practice and make a real difference to the life satisfaction and health of their clients.

'This is a very timely book with the introduction of the Care Act 2014 with its overarching aim of well-being. I found the book very interesting for this reason and could relate the different perspectives of well-being to my work as an adult social worker, especially in relation to how well-being relates to choice and control and the strengths approach' - Mrs Erin King, School of Midwifery, Nursing and Social Work, Univ. of Manchester

Emotional Well-being and Mental Health :  a thought provoking discussion of the concepts of  health, happiness and wellbeing and  their interconnected meanings.   Digby  presents a fascinating  appraisal of these subjective  and highly  contested terms  from different theoretical perspectives,  showing  how each discipline has attempted to understand and explain their relevance to the human experience. 

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