Understanding Mental Health and Counselling

Naomi Moller trained as a counselling psychologist in the United States. She is a chartered psychologist, a BACP registered counsellor, and a Professor of Psychology and Psychotherapy at The Open University. Naomi has worked with clients for about 25 years, mostly with adults in longer-term therapy. She is an integrative practitioner with humanistic values and relating at the core but draws on other understandings (attachment, psychodynamic) and techniques (emotion-focused therapy).Andreas Vossler is Director of the Foundation Degree in Counselling and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University. He is also a systemic trained couple and family psychotherapist. His current research activities focus on therapeutic work with couples and families, infidelity, Internet infidelity, and counselling and psychotherapy. Andreas is co-editor of the Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Handbook (2014) and Understanding Counselling and Psychotherapy (2010; both Sage). He has authored three textbooks and published 17 book chapters and 19 articles in peer-reviewed papers on topics related to counselling and psychotherapy (family therapy, infidelity, online counselling, health psychology, psychiatry) and research methods. Andreas is on the editorial board of Counselling Psychology Quarterly and Forum Community-Psychology.

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• IntroductionPart 1 Understanding mental health: the emergence of the talking cureChapter 1 The birth of psychiatry: questions of power, control and care - David W. JonesChapter 2 The service-user movement - Jo LomaniChapter 3 The history of the talking cure - Sarah MarksChapter 4 Diagnosis, classification and the expansion of the therapeutic realm - David HarperPart 2 Presenting problemsChapter 5 Understanding sadness and worry - Naomi Moller and Gina Di MaltaChapter 6 Trauma and crisis - Andrew Reeves and Christina BuxtonChapter 7 Relationships and intimacy - Naomi MollerChapter 8 Understanding psychological formulation - Lucy JohnstonePart 3 Models of workingChapter 9 The psychodynamic approach - David KaposiChapter 10 Cognitive behavioural therapy - Simon P. ClarkeChapter 11 The humanistic approach - Michael Sims and Gina Di MaltaChapter 12 The pluralistic approach - Julia McLeod and John McLeodPart 4 Counselling in practiceChapter 13 The therapeutic relationship - Daragh Keogh and Ladislav TimulakChapter 14 Beyond the individual - Andreas VosslerChapter 15 Beyond face to face: technology-based counselling - Andreas VosslerChapter 16 Context of practice: boundaries and ethics - Clare SymonsPart 5 Contemporary issues: mental health and societyChapter 17 The politics of research and evidence - Rebecca HuttenChapter 18 Mental health, criminal justice and the law - David W. JonesChapter 19 Individual or social problems? - David KaposiChapter 20 Living in a therapeutic culture - Joanne Brown and Barry RichardsConclusion