Professor Stephen Palmer PhD is an award winning psychologist and psychotherapist. He is Founder Director of the Centre for Stress Management, London. He is the UK′s first Visiting Professor of Work Based Learning and Stress Management at Middlesex University. He has authored/edited over 50 books including The Beginner′s Guide to Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2015). He is Co-editor of the European Journal of Counselling Theory, Research and Practice. Currently he is Honorary President of the International Stress Management Association; President of the International Society for Coaching Psychology; Founder Co-Chair of the London Branch of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies; a Founder Director and Vice President of the Society of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and a Director and Deputy Chair of the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. His interests include jazz, art and coastal walking. Professor Robert Bor trained in the UK, South Africa and the USA. He is a Chartered Clinical, Counselling and Health Psychologist as well as a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He is a UKCP Registered Family Therapist, having completed his specialist training at the Tavistock Clinic, London and a clinical member of the Institute of Family Therapy, London. He has a special interest in developing psychological support services for those affected by chronic or acute medical conditions, and especially those with cancer.He has published more than 150 articles and chapters in peer-review publications as well as 20 books on the psychological impact of illness and serves on the editorial board of numerous international journals. He is also the Consulting Psychologist to several leading schools in London including St Pauls School, The Royal Ballet School and JFS.He is an active member of the International Psycho-Oncology Society, consults to Chai Cancer Care in London and he is a Churchill Fellow.

′I would recommend The Practitioner′s Handbook as a useful resource for therapists concerned with their professional development and the development of others′ - Therapy Today, February 2009

• Foreword - Professor Cary CooperIntroduction - Stephen Palmer and Robert BorHow to Develop Your Career and Organize Your Continuing Professional Development - Sarah Corrie, Nicola Hurton and David A LaneHow to Give a Lecture and Run Training Workshops - David G Purvis and Neha PanditUnderstanding Psychiatric and Medical Assessments - Berni Curwen and Peter RuddellHow to Prepare a Report on a Client - Robert BorHow to Communicate Effectively with Colleagues - Alan Frankland and Yvonne WalshFramework of Supervision for Practitioners and Trainees - Riva MillerHow to Manage a Counselling Service - Colin LagoHow to Reduce the Risk of Complaints and Litigation - Peter JenkinsHow to Set up and Develop Your Private Practice - Christine Wilding, Gladeana Mcmahon and Stephen PalmerDeveloping Your Career to Working with Multicultural and Diversity Clients - Roy Moodley and Dina LubinHow to Develop Your Research Interests - Annette Fillery-Travis and David A LaneHow to Write for Publication - David Winter and Del LoewenthalStress and Burnout - Kasia Szymanska

Professor Stephen Palmer PhD is an award winning psychologist and psychotherapist. He is Founder Director of the Centre for Stress Management, London. He is the UK′s first Visiting Professor of Work Based Learning and Stress Management at Middlesex University. He has authored/edited over 50 books including The Beginner′s Guide to Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2015). He is Co-editor of the European Journal of Counselling Theory, Research and Practice. Currently he is Honorary President of the International Stress Management Association; President of the International Society for Coaching Psychology; Founder Co-Chair of the London Branch of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies; a Founder Director and Vice President of the Society of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and a Director and Deputy Chair of the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. His interests include jazz, art and coastal walking. Professor Robert Bor trained in the UK, South Africa and the USA. He is a Chartered Clinical, Counselling and Health Psychologist as well as a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He is a UKCP Registered Family Therapist, having completed his specialist training at the Tavistock Clinic, London and a clinical member of the Institute of Family Therapy, London. He has a special interest in developing psychological support services for those affected by chronic or acute medical conditions, and especially those with cancer.He has published more than 150 articles and chapters in peer-review publications as well as 20 books on the psychological impact of illness and serves on the editorial board of numerous international journals. He is also the Consulting Psychologist to several leading schools in London including St Pauls School, The Royal Ballet School and JFS.He is an active member of the International Psycho-Oncology Society, consults to Chai Cancer Care in London and he is a Churchill Fellow.

′I would recommend The Practitioner′s Handbook as a useful resource for therapists concerned with their professional development and the development of others′ - Therapy Today, February 2009

• Foreword - Professor Cary CooperIntroduction - Stephen Palmer and Robert BorHow to Develop Your Career and Organize Your Continuing Professional Development - Sarah Corrie, Nicola Hurton and David A LaneHow to Give a Lecture and Run Training Workshops - David G Purvis and Neha PanditUnderstanding Psychiatric and Medical Assessments - Berni Curwen and Peter RuddellHow to Prepare a Report on a Client - Robert BorHow to Communicate Effectively with Colleagues - Alan Frankland and Yvonne WalshFramework of Supervision for Practitioners and Trainees - Riva MillerHow to Manage a Counselling Service - Colin LagoHow to Reduce the Risk of Complaints and Litigation - Peter JenkinsHow to Set up and Develop Your Private Practice - Christine Wilding, Gladeana Mcmahon and Stephen PalmerDeveloping Your Career to Working with Multicultural and Diversity Clients - Roy Moodley and Dina LubinHow to Develop Your Research Interests - Annette Fillery-Travis and David A LaneHow to Write for Publication - David Winter and Del LoewenthalStress and Burnout - Kasia Szymanska