Product Description

The Focusing-Oriented Counselling Primer sets new standards as a succinct guide to focusing and focusing-oriented theory and practice for everyone wanting an authoritative synopsis. The new Counselling Primer series from PCCS Books, supplementary to the bestselling Steps in Counselling series, is suitable for both beginners and higher level students who want a succinct boost to their knowledge of a particular area. Beginners will find the style companionable and reassuring, while more advanced readers will appreciate the incisive and authoritative writing with pointers for further reading and resources. Trainers will find the series a dependable learning aid.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #213552 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 122 pages

Review
This slim and elegant book does exactly what it says on the tin - it prepares the reader for a clear and basic understanding of the subject of focusing-oriented counselling whilst also pointing the way to further exploration and development. Trudy Johnston, Lecturer in Counselling, University of Cumbria (UK), British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, October 2008.

About the Author
Campbell Purton is Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Counselling Studies at the University of East Anglia, where he directs the Postgraduate Diploma/MA in Focusing and Experiential Psychotherapy. He is also a counsellor at the University Counselling Service. He has been a lecturer in philosophy, a therapist in private practice, and a director of the UEA Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling. He has published many articles in the areas of counselling, philosophy and Buddhist studies, and is the author of Person-Centred Counselling: The Focusing-Oriented Approach (Palgrave, 2004) and The Focusing-Oriented Counselling Primer (PCCS Books, 2007).