Counselling in health care settings : a handbook for practitioners

Bor, R

Counselling in health care settings : a handbook for practitioners - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

Formerly CIP.

Theoretical concepts -- Beliefs about health and counselling -- Adapting psychotherapeutic practice to the health care context -- Models of consultation and collaboration -- Counselling objectives in health care -- Exploring and defining problems in counselling -- The structure of the counselling session -- Specialist skills -- Promoting coping and resilience in the patient -- Reframing and creating balance in patient beliefs -- Working with the family in mind -- Application of cognitive behavioural therapy to health care settings -- Issues and challenges -- Dealing with confidentiality and secrets in the course of counselling -- Giving information and breaking bad news -- Counselling for loss, terminal care, and bereavement -- Counselling the ""worried-well' and patients with health anxieties -- When progress in counselling seems elusive -- Counselling for the prevention of ill health -- Work stress and staff support.

Includes bibliographical references and index."

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