Good Practice in Counselling People Who Have Been Abused (Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice) - Softcover

Bear, Zetta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853024244 ISBN 13: 9781853024245

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley, 1998

Synopsis

Incorporating the voices of professionals counselling survivors of abuse, and those of the survivors themselves, this book provides the reader with a theoretical understanding of people who have endured abuse situations, as well as practical approaches to counselling them. Focusing on the emotional needs of survivors, the contributors discuss, from the viewpoint of their own experiences, effective and useful practice and the provision of appropriate and accessible services in this field.

The effects of different types of abuse and abusive environments, and a variety of methods for dealing with their aftermath, are explored, with chapters dealing specifically with, among other topics:

drug users who were sexually abused as children

issues for practice in working with domestic abuse

therapeutic responses to people with learning disabilities who have been abused

counselling people who self injure

psychodynamic counselling and older people who have been abused

the impact on professional workers.

About this title

Book Description:

This book provides the reader with a theoretical understanding of people who have endured abuse situations, as well as practical approaches to counselling them.

From the Author:

Zetta Bear is Training and Development Manager for the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACRO). She provides training to staff working with people who have been abused and has a private therapy practice in West Yorkshire.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1853024244
• ISBN 13: 9781853024245
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 210