What's the Good of Counselling & Psychotherapy?

Colin Feltham is series editor of Professional Skills for Counsellors and Short Introductions to the Therapy Professions series, co-editor of SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy and author of several SAGE texts, including What is Counselling?

`What this brilliant book does so well is to produce not just the evidence for the research effectiveness of therapies but makes the moral case for bringing together human psychological welfare needs and the expanding number of skilled, ethically sensitive people ready to listen to and respond in the most deeply human and needed way - the counsellors and all who work as psychological therapists. I strongly recommend this book′ - Graham Curtis Jenkins, Counselling in Practice`There is much here to stir up the reluctant practitioner to explain themselves and their practice more ably and, better still, to promote and defend our profession′ - The Revd John Eatock, Healthcare, Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal

• PART ONE: ADDRESSING HUMAN SUFFERINGThe Epidemiology of Mental Distress - Janis Abernathy and Mick PowerProven Benefits of Psychotherapy Interventions with Children and Adolescents - Helen Cowie and Judith DawkinsBenefits of Therapy with Adults Who Were Abused as Children - Peter DaleSome Issues from Evaluation of Counselling ServicesSuicide Reduction and Prevention - Robert W Firestone and Lisa FirestoneRelationship Difficulties - Douglas HooperCauses and CuresTherapeutic Benefits for People with Borderline Personality Disorder - Eva Burns-LundgrenPART TWO: ENHANCING PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND SOCIAL COHESIONConsumers′ Views of the Benefits of Counselling and Psychotherapy - Colin FelthamVisionary Deep Personal Growth - Juliana Brown and Richard MowbrayThe Benefits of Psychotherapy to Spirituality - Shahid NajeebThe Couch and Ballot Box - Keith Tudor and Helena HargadenThe Contribution and Potential of Psychotherapy in Enhancing CitizenshipFostering Emotional Intelligence - Hilde RappPART THREE: THERAPEUTIC SETTINGS AND ARGUMENTS FOR EFFECTIVENESSGood Money after Bad? - Graham Curtis JenkinsThe Justification for the Expansion of Counselling Services in Primary Health CareThe Benefits of Counselling and Employee Assistance Programmes to British Industry - Carolyn Marchington-Yeoman and Cary L CooperPsychotherapy, the Psychology of Trauma and Army Psychiatry since 1904 - Ian PalmerThe Clinical Effectiveness of Psychotherapy - Stephen M SaundersThe Philosophical and Ethical Basis of Benefit - Digby Tantam