ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book explores the integrative concept of presence and focuses upon ways in which therapists can help clients to process their emotions. It explains attachment as another core integrative concept. Increasingly, attachment is focused upon through a wide range of different therapeutic schools. The book explores the importance of looking at thinking content and thinking patterns or styles both within our clients and ourselves as therapists, as thoughts are key to therapeutic practice. It also focuses on working integratively with both conscious and unconscious processes and the challenges clients and therapists face when dealing with loss and bereavement. The book describes the complex phenomena of anxiety, drawing from both theoretical and practical perspectives and presenting an integrative approach incorporating cognitive-behavioural therapies, person-centred, relational and hypnotherapeutic modalities. It discusses how to work integratively with clients experiencing guilt and shame.
