Product Description

`Richard Nelson-Jones' book has become so much a part of the counselling theory literature; it is hard to imagine discussing the topic without reference to it. This Third Edition gives testimony to its continued value. It is hard to fault this book, its readability and detailed referencing, alone, will mean that it will suit a wide readership. If you have to buy only one book on counselling and therapy, this is it' - Professor Philip Burnard, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

`Richard Nelson-Jones takes this complex subject and explains the whys and hows of each different type of therapy about as well as it can be done. There is no better introduction' - Amazon Review

`This book will be useful to the student, one book to cover all the course topics; to the practicing counsellor, to improve their work and to the lecturer, who wants to learn how to explain theories simply to their students. Richard Nelson-Jones writes in a way that makes it hard to put down, a compliment more often associated with fictional rather than academic books. Do not worry about the price it will save you buying three other similar books' - Amazon Review

`The complexity of Jung's metapsychology is made accessible to the interested reader' - Ann Casement, Jungian Psychoanalyst

`Excellent summary of Rogers's life and work. A lively introduction to person-centred therapy' - Brian Thorne, Director of Centre for Counselling Studies, University of East Anglia

`A very clear, accurate and through introduction to basic gestalt therapy' - Petruska Clarkson, PHYSIS and Surrey University

`The TA chapter is accurate and conveys the spirit of the classical approach very well'- Ian Stewart, Director, The Berne Institute

`The reality therapy chapter is thorough, accurate and really excellent' - Robert Wubbolding, Director, Center for Reality Therapy, Cincinnati, Ohio

`The existential therapy chapter is an excellent job… lucid and intelligent' - Irvin D Yalom, Stanford University Medical School

`I read the logotherapy chapter with delight… exhaustive and readable' - Franz Vesley, Viktor Frankl Institute, Vienna

`Again I find the chapter on REBT to be excellent'- Albert Ellis, President, Institute for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, New York City

`Clear, thorough and succinctly summarizes CT's most important concepts and principles' - Judith S Beck, Director, Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, Philadelphia

`The multimodal therapy chapter is a scholarly and masterful account of the orientation' - Arnold A Lazarus, Rutgers University

`Cognitive-humanistic therapy is a truly innovative synthesis of East and West' - Danny Wedding, Director, Missouri Institute of Mental Health

This highly regarded textbook reviews the major theories of counselling and psychotherapy and explains their practical applications in working with individual clients. After introducing the topic, the book reviews the theory and practice of: person-centered counselling, Gestalt therapy, transactional analysis, reality counselling, existential counselling, logotherapy, psychoanalysis, behavioural counselling, cognitive counselling, multimodal counselling and life-skills counselling.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #649958 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 502 pages

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Customer Reviews

Definitive introduction to key counselling theories.
Always puzzled about the many different theories of counselling and how they relate but don't have 25 hours a day to read then this the book for you. As a careers adviser trying to understand many different approaches to counselling and guidance, I am always searching for a book to simply explain what they are all about in a readable way. This is the book and more. It not only explains the theory but tells you about the life of the theorist who has produced it and also the therapeutic methods that they would follow to help their clients using their theory. It puts you in control to understand the theory and dispute the areas you disagree with.
It puts the theories in their different schools of thought and challenges you to apply the theory to yourself through questions at the end of each chapter. There is also a summary of each chapter at its' end in easy to understand bullet points.
Jung, Freud, and others are here in clarity. But remember this is not just theory but also practice and so at the start of the book Nelson-Jones challenges the reader to formulate their own personal model of counselling using his book.
This book will be useful to the student, one book to cover all the course topics; to the practicing counsellor, to improve their work and to the lecturer, who wants to learn how to explain theories simply to their students.
Nelson-Jones writes in a way that makes it hard to put down, a compliment more often associated with fictional rather than academic books. Do not worry about the price it will save you buying three other similar books.

The best and most thorough introduction to therapy
Nelson-Jones takes this complex subject and explains the whys and hows of each different type of therapy about as well as it can be done. There is no better introduction.