Mental Health in Counselling and Psychotherapy [Paperback]

This book examines how counsellors and psychotherapists interact with those clients who may suffer from mental health issues. While practising counsellors and psychotherapists meet clients who have problems across the entire mental health spectrum, there are a number of particular disorders that these practitioners are particularly likely to encounter. These include anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, phobias and behavioural problems. In this book, all of these conditions are explained and the ways in which therapists can best help such clients are discussed. There are sections on client assessments as well as addiction issues and understanding mental health law.A comprehensive student introduction to mental health in counselling and psychotherapyA good explanation of many of the conditions psychotherapists and counsellors could encounter. It is a practical book and I like the case studies and activities.Excellent textbook which could be used in a number of modulesAn essential read for anyone studying mental healthThis is a great book exploring mental health. It has relevant statistics on mental health issues. this will compliment learners studying counselling and mental health. Although it is much more geered to intergrative and CBT counselling rather than Person Centred.It quotes the DSMIV and this is good although the DSM has now been revised to the fifth edition information can still be used.This will be a useful recourse for students to look at the connections with Mental Health and talking therapies. If only to explore how counselling sits within this relationship.Lucid Chapters: coherent and organised. Very readable. I liked the account of individual form of mental distance. However chapter 10 was a damp squib - very different from reality.A practical book that is informative and interesting to read, will be suitable for students on the counselling course who want to further their understanding of mental health related issues and knowledge.An extremely ul“„