Counsellors in Health Settings

Author(s): Kim Etherington

Counselling

Focusing on the experiences of counsellors themselves, this book aims to provide a comprehensive resource for counsellors working in health contexts and for the health professionals who work with them and may take on counselling roles. The contributors, who include clients, health-care workers, psychiatrists and academics, as well as counsellors, show how counselling can and should form an integral part of a patient's health care, explaining key theoretical considerations and relevant research and applying these to suggestions for good practice. They also discuss the needs of counsellors themselves (for example, for supervision and support) and the variety of roles that counsellors and health-care workers are expected to fulfil. This book aims to inform and improve the work of professionals in a range of health-care contexts, including those working with patients who have cancer, HIV and AIDS or who are having treatment for infertility; and in the fields of young people's sexual health and palliative care.


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Kim Etherington lectures at the University of Bristol, and is a BAC accredited counsellor and supervisor in private practice. She has worked as an occupational therapist in NHS general and psychiatric hospitals, social services and charitable organisations, including a child guidance clinic and a community for people wth autism.

1. A. Wounded Healer: From Client to Counsellor, Heather Goodare, National Association of Cancer Counsellors. 2. Palliative Care Counselling: Emotional and Psychological Support from Diagnosis to Death, Kate Kirk, Salford Palliative Care Counselling Service and Maria Lever, Salford Palliative Care Counselling Service. 3. Somatisation of Childhood Sexual Abuse in General Practice, Sue Santi-Ireson, GP Counsellor, Personal Relationship and Groupwork Division, British Association for Counselling. 4. Working as a Counsellor in an NHS Multi-disciplinary Team, Julia Segal, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust. 5. Counselling Children and their Families in Intensive Care, Penny Cook, paediatric nurse and Family Liaision Sister, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. 6. 'Awkward' Clients and 'Awkward' Topics: Young People and Sexual Health, Caroline Stedman, Counsello, Brook Advisory Clinicr. 7. Counselling People Living with HIV/AIDS, Pete Connor, University of Bristol and Terrence Higgins Trust West, Independent Supervisor and Counsellor. 8. Working with People with Fertility Problems, Gill Woodbridge, Counsellor, Private Practice and NHS settings. 9. Riding the Roller-coaster: A Personal Account of being Counselled about Fertility, Anonymous Couple. 10. Cut, Burn and Poison: A Personal Account of Breast Cancer, Rosie Jeffries, Student Counsellor, University of the West of England 11. Integrating Counselling within the Mental Health Services, Karl Gregory, Bristol University and East Gloucestershire NHS Trust. 12. Challenges of Counselling in Psychiatric Settings, Rachel Freeth, Psychiatrist, Person-Cented Counsellor. 13. Issues for Counsellors Working in Health Settings, Kim Etherington, University of Bristol. References. Index.

General Fields

  • : 9781853029387
  • : jessi
  • : jessi
  • : July 2001
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Kim Etherington
  • : Paperback
  • : 362.104256
  • : 276
  • : references, index