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The Pocket Guide to Therapy
A 'How to'of the Core Models


December 2011 | 272 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

Trainees in all mental health professions need basic knowledge of the key therapeutic approaches in counseling & psychotherapy. This is the essential companion, placing specific emphasis on practical application to guide the reader in the 'how to' of conducting each therapeutic model.

Approaches covered include established models such as CBT, psychodynamic psychotherapy, systemic therapy and solution-focused brief therapy, and more recent additions to mainstream therapy like mindfulness and narrative therapy. Each chapter is written by an up-and-coming name in the field, offering a unique insight into the challenges and possibilities of training in each model. The book:

  • Includes case examples from a wide range of mental health care settings
  • Embedded with worksheets, sample questions and diagrams
  • Highlights challenges, strengths and weaknesses of each approach
  • Details the background and practical application of therapeutic models
  • Discusses evidence-based practice and outcomes

Written in language familiar to first-year trainees and using a range of features to enhance learning, this pocket guide is ideal for those embarking on training across counseling, psychotherapy, psychology, health, nursing, and social work.


Graeme Flaherty-Jones and Stephen Weatherhead
Principles of Therapy
Claire Robson
Motivational Interviewing
Jane Toner
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy
Sharon Twigg
Cognitive Analytic Therapy
Amie Smith and Kara Garforth
Psychodynamic Therapy
Amie Smith and Stephen Weatherhead
Systemic Therapies
Stephen Weatherhead
Narrative Therapy
Sharon Twigg
Person-Centred Therapy
Katie Splevins
Mindfulness
Graeme Flaherty-Jones and Fiona Syme
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Phillipa Calvert
Dialectical-Behaviour Therapy
Stephen Weatherhead and Graeme Flaherty-Jones
Outcomes in Therapy

'A brave, well wrought and extremely valuable précis of 10 of the major talking therapies, this book promises to be the trainee's key how-to text in a field that can often be bewildering. The authors are to be congratulated!' -
Colin Feltham, Emeritus Professor of Critical Counselling Studies, Sheffield Hallam University


'A little gem of a book, that somehow seems to be bigger on the inside than the outside by doing what it says on the tin...Without question I recommend this book for trainee and experienced therapists' -
Michael Townend PhD, University of Derby


Excellent text that provides a fairly indepth exploration of physchological therapies, and their use in modern multi disciplinary mental health practice.

Mrs Surj Sall-Dullat
Mental Health Law & Policy Team, Staffordshire County Council
May 5, 2015

A very useful read for trainee therapists.

Dr Graham Alexander du Plessis
Department of Psychology, Rand Afrikaans University
August 27, 2015

A solid readable text breaking down key features of some key approaches to therapy. Chapter activities and worksheets are engaging and provide useful pedagogical tools for lecturers as well as being accessible to learners studying at level 3 and Foundation Degree levels.

Mr John Dixon
Counselling, Cleveland & Redcar College
April 30, 2013

A student who reviewed this for us was impressed by the accessibility and ease of use of htis text.

Jean Bell
NUrsing and Midwifery, Stirling University
June 21, 2012

essential read for pre registration nurses on the mental health programme requiring basic knowledge of the key therapeutic approaches

Mr Hywel Thomas
College of Human and Health science, Swansea University
June 13, 2012

A useful text which is useful to dip in and out of as required for reference purposes. The text has a practical focus and explores various therapeutic methods. Great for students looking for an overview.

Mrs Liz Cade
Health , Glyndwr University
June 7, 2012

Too brief to cover much detail, of course, this book is helpful partly in that it puts different modalities alongside one another. Given the divisions between therapists of one flavour or another, this is a useful step, although one is always left wishing a greater range of modalities could have been covered (inevitably).

Dr Stephen Goss
Metanoia Institute, Centre for Practice Based Research, Middlesex University
May 29, 2012

This book is essential reading for established practitioners who are looking at introducing new ways of working with their clientelle or for new practitioners as a guide to established therapeutic approaches

Mr David Bell
School of Health and Wellbeing, Wolverhampton University
April 30, 2012

an excellent guide book of practical application of various therapeutic approaches offering challenging opportunities for training

Dr Praxoulla Rameshwar
FHSCS, Kingston University
April 16, 2012

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