ABSTRACT

The demand for psychotherapy and counselling is greater than ever. More and more people are enrolling on psychotherapy and counselling courses; the number of different associations in this industry has doubled and everyone knows someone who is in therapy or at least thinking about it. So are standards of practice being sacrificed while we are trying to keep up with the demand? Are the right people training to be psychotherapists? Have you got the right psychotherapist?

chapter One|9 pages

The purpose of psychotherapy

chapter Two|5 pages

How does therapy work?

chapter Three|6 pages

Therapeutic tasks

chapter Four|8 pages

Why therapy fails

chapter Five|11 pages

The inadequate therapist

chapter Six|13 pages

Defining the good therapist