Counselling Students

RAVI RANA is Deputy Manager and SEnior Counsellor of the Student Counselling Service at University College London, and has substantial experience in working with both staff and students as well as extensive professional experience of counselling work (she is a qualified clinical psychologist and psychotherapist). As an active member of the Heads of University Counselling Services Forum, she is also aware of developments in the field of higher education at a national level.

'Dr Rana provides a rich store of material which comes from her talent to explain and make things of great complexity clear in simple straightforward language. I am sure I shall return to this book for inspiration on many a future occasion.' - Craig McDevitt, Head of Student Counselling, University of Edinburgh and Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Association for University and College Counselling Newsletter & Journal 'Ideal reading for anyone from fellow professionals to parents, who would like a greater understanding of the way that psychodynamic counsellors in university settings approach their work with individual students.' - Kitty Warburton, Counsellor, De Montford University, Bedford. Association for University and College Counselling Newsletter & Journal

• ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionThinking about the Unthinkable: A Psychodynamic ModelWhere do Relationships Come From?The Price of Independence: Separation and LossFamilies and the Ties That BindFinding an Identity: The Tasks of AdolescenceLearning and Study ProblemsBreakdown, Self-Harm and SuicideThe University ContextPostscriptBibliographyIndex.