1st Edition

Effective Short-Term Counselling within the Primary Care Setting Psychodynamic and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy Approaches

By Valerie Garrett Copyright 2010
    244 Pages
    by Routledge

    244 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book covers two distinct yet related topics: the primary care setting and the counselling carried out within it, and it can be dipped into or read straight through. Part One, using psychodynamic and systems theory, explores the holding environment of primary care, the interpersonal relationships within the primary care team, and other variables affecting counselling in a medical organisational setting. Part Two takes the counsellor through the 'how' of using psychodynamic and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approaches within short-term contracts in this setting. Case studies and scenarios are given to illustrate these. The counsellor is guided through assessing the patient's counselling needs either within a psychodynamic or CBT model or to formulate a 'tailor-made' short-term contract, using elements drawn from psychodynamic, CBT, and supportive counselling.

    How to Use this Book , Introduction , The Primary Care Setting: Finding Your Feet at the Coalface , Introduction to Part I , Setting the scene of primary care counselling against the backdrop of a rapidly-evolving NHS service , Valuing what you bring to the primary care setting as an experienced or newly graduated counsellor , Introduction and induction into the GP surgery , Finding your place in the medical organizational family , Medical model vs. psychological model , The primary care counsellor's support systems , Whose needs are being met? , The Practice of Counselling and the Impact of the Setting Theory and Practice: Working at the Coalface , Introduction to Part II , Time and how we use it: assessing what is appropriate for the patient , Assessment , Use of psychotropic drugs, their probable impact upon counselling, and their side effects , The contract , Approaches to different categories of patient and presenting problem , Waiting lists, endings, and referring on , Endnotes

    Biography

    Valerie Garrett