Part of the "Counselling Primer" series, supplementary to the bestselling "Steps in Counselling" series, this book presents an introduction to integrative counselling with a person-centred foundation. It aims to bridge the gap between introductory, intermediate and diploma level courses.
Rates of diagnosis of psychiatric disorders in children have shot up in recent years. So too has the prescription of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs and stimulants. Yet the diagnoses are based on weak science, questionable research and powerful financial incentives. Sami Timimi questions why.
This book considers the evidence for freeing ourselves from the creeping medicalisation of psychological theory and practice. Contributors from a range of modalities illustrate how to practise in a demedicalised way, and demonstrate that a demedicalised model provides the ethically axiomatic framework for psychological practice today.
The highly acclaimed most accessible basic introduction for everyone wanting to know more about counselling and helping.
For students, researchers or practitioners wanting a succinct guide to person-centred theory and practice.