ABSTRACT

Pluralistic Therapy: Distinctive Features offers an introduction to what is distinctive about this increasingly popular method. Written by one of the co-founders of pluralistic therapy, and a leading UK figure in counselling and psychotherapy, this book describes 15 theoretical features and 15 practical techniques for practitioners. Pluralistic therapy is a flexible, integrative approach to counselling and psychotherapy, which has also found applications in fields such as mental health, life coaching and careers guidance.

Pluralistic Therapy: Distinctive Features will provide an essential guide to students and practitioners of psychotherapy, or an allied area of practice, who are open to learning about new ideas and techniques from current interdisciplinary research.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

part |64 pages

Distinctive Theoretical / Conceptual Features of Pluralistic Therapy

chapter 2|3 pages

Pluralism

chapter 3|3 pages

Theory

chapter 4|4 pages

Context

chapter 5|3 pages

Ways of knowing

chapter 6|4 pages

Care

chapter 7|3 pages

Evidence

chapter 8|3 pages

Design

chapter 9|3 pages

Purpose

chapter 10|3 pages

Collaboration

chapter 11|3 pages

Dialogue

chapter 12|3 pages

Preference

chapter 13|3 pages

Deciding

chapter 14|4 pages

Method

chapter 15|4 pages

Understanding

part |61 pages

Distinctive Aspects of the Practice of Pluralistic Therapy

chapter 16|4 pages

Beginning

chapter 17|3 pages

Therapist style

chapter 18|4 pages

The menu

chapter 19|4 pages

Metacommunication

chapter 20|4 pages

The bigger picture

chapter 21|4 pages

Collaborative case formulation

chapter 22|3 pages

Goals

chapter 23|4 pages

Tasks

chapter 24|3 pages

Feedback

chapter 25|4 pages

Cultural resources

chapter 26|4 pages

Space

chapter 27|4 pages

Trying things out

chapter 28|3 pages

Persistence

chapter 29|3 pages

Supervision

chapter 30|3 pages

Ending