Colin Feltham, MTheol, MSc, PGDipCouns, PGCE, PhD, FBACP, FRSA is Professor of Critical Counselling Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. He is course leader for the MA Professional Development in Counselling and Psychotherapy. He is a past editor of the British Journal of Guidance & Counselling. He has written or edited over 20 books and many chapters and papers. His publications include Psychotherapy and its Discontents, Controversies in Psychotherapy and Counselling and the Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy. He is a member of Crisis:Forum for the Study of Crisis in the 21st century.

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• Preface to the first edition. Preface to the second edition.Acknowledgements.Conventions used.Abbreviations.A note on relevant UK spellings.The dictionary.References.