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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816155403321

Titolo

Counsellors in health settings / / edited by Kim Etherington ; foreword by Tim Bond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001

ISBN

1-84642-289-2

1-4175-0077-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

287 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

EtheringtonKim

Disciplina

616/.001/9

Soggetti

Health counseling

Sick - Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Counsellors in Health Settings -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Preface: Epilogue for Paula -- Introduction -- 1 A wounded healer: From client to counsellor -- 2 Palliative care counselling: Emotional and psychological support from diagnosis to death -- 3 Working in general practice with somatisation of childhood sexual abuse -- 4 Working as a counsellor in an NHS multidisciplinary team -- 5 Counselling children and their families in intensive care -- 6 'Awkward' clients and 'awkward' topics: Young people and sexual health -- 7 Counselling people living with HIV/AIDS -- 8 Working with people with fertility problems: A counsellor's personal experience -- 9 Riding the rollercoaster: A personal account of being counselled about fertility -- 10 Cut, burn and poison: A personal account of breast cancer -- 11 Challenges of counselling in psychiatric settings -- 12 Integrating counselling within the mental health services -- 13 Training and supervision issues for counsellors working in health settings -- Contributors -- Subject Index -- Author index.

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on the experiences of counsellors themselves, this book is a comprehensive resource for counsellors working in health contexts and for the health professionals who work with them, and may take on counselling roles, which will inform and improve their work.