ALEX HOWARD has over twenty years' experience as a tutor and manager in adult education with particular responsibility for mental health self-help programmes and support groups. This is his fourth book. He is tutor-organizer for the Workers' Educational Association on Tyneside.

'A thought-provoking text, well argued and researched.' - D.Karaji, De Montfort University 'An excellent critique of counselling/psychotherapy practice.' - J.McKenna, University College Salford 'Anyone buying in counselling skills for their company or considering using counsellors in any way should read this perceptive, thought-provoking book.' - Personnel Today 'This is the first book centrally about counselling... which puts it firmly and unflinchingly in perspective...The book is comprehensive, knowledgeable, extremely accessibly written without being superficial (a considerable achievement), entertaining, and modestly wise (an even more considerable achievement).' - David Smail, author of The Origins of Unhappiness 'This book is the funniest and the most serious account of the burgeoning business of counselling and psychotherapy.' - Dorothy Rowe 'An important book which should be widely read, especially by counsellors and psychotherapists.' - Anne Whitaker, Self and Society 'A challenging and very interesting read for trainees and practising therapists in counselling and clinical psychology, asking many of the difficult questions which students should be considering and cutting away at the arrogance which professionalisation can promote.' - Alison Macdonald, Behaviour Research and Therapy

• Foreword by Emmy van DeurzenSmithPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPART 1: HERE COME THE CARERSPART 2: COUNSELLING PLC?PART 3: WHO SHALL BE OUR COUNSELLOR?PART 4: 'CLIENT-CENTERED' APPROACHESPART 5: COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURIST APPROACHESPART 6: PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACHESPART 7: TRANSPERSONAL APPROACHESPART 8: CONCLUSIONSummary QuestionsSuggested ReadingIndex.

ALEX HOWARD has over twenty years' experience as a tutor and manager in adult education with particular responsibility for mental health self-help programmes and support groups. This is his fourth book. He is tutor-organizer for the Workers' Educational Association on Tyneside.

'A thought-provoking text, well argued and researched.' - D.Karaji, De Montfort University 'An excellent critique of counselling/psychotherapy practice.' - J.McKenna, University College Salford 'Anyone buying in counselling skills for their company or considering using counsellors in any way should read this perceptive, thought-provoking book.' - Personnel Today 'This is the first book centrally about counselling... which puts it firmly and unflinchingly in perspective...The book is comprehensive, knowledgeable, extremely accessibly written without being superficial (a considerable achievement), entertaining, and modestly wise (an even more considerable achievement).' - David Smail, author of The Origins of Unhappiness 'This book is the funniest and the most serious account of the burgeoning business of counselling and psychotherapy.' - Dorothy Rowe 'An important book which should be widely read, especially by counsellors and psychotherapists.' - Anne Whitaker, Self and Society 'A challenging and very interesting read for trainees and practising therapists in counselling and clinical psychology, asking many of the difficult questions which students should be considering and cutting away at the arrogance which professionalisation can promote.' - Alison Macdonald, Behaviour Research and Therapy

• Foreword by Emmy van DeurzenSmithPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPART 1: HERE COME THE CARERSPART 2: COUNSELLING PLC?PART 3: WHO SHALL BE OUR COUNSELLOR?PART 4: 'CLIENT-CENTERED' APPROACHESPART 5: COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURIST APPROACHESPART 6: PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACHESPART 7: TRANSPERSONAL APPROACHESPART 8: CONCLUSIONSummary QuestionsSuggested ReadingIndex.

ALEX HOWARD has over twenty years' experience as a tutor and manager in adult education with particular responsibility for mental health self-help programmes and support groups. This is his fourth book. He is tutor-organizer for the Workers' Educational Association on Tyneside.

'A thought-provoking text, well argued and researched.' - D.Karaji, De Montfort University 'An excellent critique of counselling/psychotherapy practice.' - J.McKenna, University College Salford 'Anyone buying in counselling skills for their company or considering using counsellors in any way should read this perceptive, thought-provoking book.' - Personnel Today 'This is the first book centrally about counselling... which puts it firmly and unflinchingly in perspective...The book is comprehensive, knowledgeable, extremely accessibly written without being superficial (a considerable achievement), entertaining, and modestly wise (an even more considerable achievement).' - David Smail, author of The Origins of Unhappiness 'This book is the funniest and the most serious account of the burgeoning business of counselling and psychotherapy.' - Dorothy Rowe 'An important book which should be widely read, especially by counsellors and psychotherapists.' - Anne Whitaker, Self and Society 'A challenging and very interesting read for trainees and practising therapists in counselling and clinical psychology, asking many of the difficult questions which students should be considering and cutting away at the arrogance which professionalisation can promote.' - Alison Macdonald, Behaviour Research and Therapy

• Foreword by Emmy van DeurzenSmithPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPART 1: HERE COME THE CARERSPART 2: COUNSELLING PLC?PART 3: WHO SHALL BE OUR COUNSELLOR?PART 4: 'CLIENT-CENTERED' APPROACHESPART 5: COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURIST APPROACHESPART 6: PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACHESPART 7: TRANSPERSONAL APPROACHESPART 8: CONCLUSIONSummary QuestionsSuggested ReadingIndex.