'Proctor dares to take us into an honest, challenging and critically important debate around power and responsibility, helping us to think clearly about these aspects in our work, while equally pushing us to reflect on difficult areas, both as individual therapists and for the institution of therapy itself.' Dr Andrew Reeves, University of Chester

This hard-hitting, impeccably referenced book draws on academic theories and analyses of power and the author's personal experience both as client and practitioner to critique power within the psychotherapeutic relationship and within the organisations where therapy takes place. Accessible, political and severely critical of her own profession, Proctor provides an essential reminder to student, practitioner and researcher of the imperative to remain always mindful of the values and ethics of justice and responsibility. In this revised second edition, Gillian Proctor extends her discussion to the more recent challenges presented by the IAPT programme.
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This hard-hitting book draws on academic theories and analyses of power and the author's personal experience to critique power within the psychotherapeutic relationship and within the organisations where therapy takes place. This revised 2nd edition extends the discussion to the more recent challenges presented by the IAPT programme.
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Introduction; Why does power in therapy matter to me?; Isn't therapy always dangerous or abusive?; What is power? Structural theories; How does power work? Post-structural theories; Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: the obscuring of power in the name of science; Person-Centred Therapy: equality in the therapy relationship?; The Psychodynamic Approach: isn't the power all in the transference?; Conclusions: So what can we do about power?
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781910919187
Publisert
2017-04-25
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
PCCS Books
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, P, UU, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
210

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Dr Gillian Proctor is an independent clinical psychologist and person-centred psychotherapist, offering individual therapy and supervision. She is a lecturer in counselling at the University of Leeds and a research supervisor. She has a particular interest in ethics, politics and power and the importance for counselling of the insights from sociology and philosophy to broaden and deepen our understandings of relationships and ethics. Her latest book is 'Values and Ethics in Counselling and Psychotherapy' (2013), published by Sage.