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DescriptionPluralistic therapy: distinctive features offers an introduction to what is distinctive about this increasingly popular method. Written by one of the co-founders of pluralistic therapy, and a leading UK figure in counselling and psychotherapy, this book describes 15 theoretical features and 15 practical techniques for practitioners. Pluralistic therapy is a flexible, integrative approach to counselling and psychotherapy, which has also found applications in fields such as mental health, life coaching and careers guidance. Author descriptionJohn McLeod is Professor of Psychology at the University of Oslo, and Professor of Counselling at the Institute for Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dublin. Table of contentsIntroduction Distinctive theoretical/conceptual features of pluralistic therapy A brief summary of how pluralistic therapy works Pluralism Theory Context Ways of knowing Care Evidence Design Purpose Collaboration Dialogue Preference Deciding Method Understanding Distinctive aspects of the practice of pluralistic therapy Beginning Therapist style The menu Metacommunication The bigger picture Collaborative case formulation Goals Tasks Feedback Cultural resources Space Trying things out Persistence Supervision Ending |