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The Shadow and the Counsellor introduces the concept of shadow, the darker side to ourselves that we do not wish to acknowledge, or do not even recognise. It examines how it comes into being and explores its impact within counselling. The Shadow and the Counsellor is structured around a six stage model which is designed to help the counsellor recognise, confront and deal with their 'shadow' side. This can then be a framework for reflection and practical action.
With case studies including short clinical examples to longer examples running through the book, this will give counsellors a new way of approaching their practice.
With case studies including short clinical examples to longer examples running through the book, this will give counsellors a new way of approaching their practice.
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As counsellors we are a curious collection, no two the same and yet possessing identifiable characteristics that are common among the majority if not all. Read the first page
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As counsellors we are a curious collection, no two the same and yet possessing identifiable characteristics that are common among the majority if not all. Read the first page
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An informative and thought provoking book.
In this book Steve Page presents a 6 stage model for 'reclamation of the shadow'. This model consists of the process stages of forming, denying, recognizing, confronting, incorporating the shadow, and finally how the therapist can use their self understanding of their own shadow as a form of personal guide.
Each stage is explained and explored in detail, often with the use of examples, including those of the author's own shadow. This enables the reader to firstly achieve further understanding of the author's concepts and secondly the opportunity to consider their own shadow processes.
The author continues by discussing how the client's shadow can affect the counselling process; the shadow of the function of counselling; and the shadow of the counselling profession itself.
The book is clearly written and enables the reader to consider aspects of their own shadow in relation to each element of shadow discussed therein.
This book gives clear insight into how the therapist's shadow; the client's shadow; and the shadow of the counselling profession can affect the therapist's ability to work effectively within their profession. It also explores how with recognition and understanding of these shadow processes the therapist can enhance their way of working.
I recommend this book to anyone working within the psychotherapeutic field.
In this book Steve Page presents a 6 stage model for 'reclamation of the shadow'. This model consists of the process stages of forming, denying, recognizing, confronting, incorporating the shadow, and finally how the therapist can use their self understanding of their own shadow as a form of personal guide.
Each stage is explained and explored in detail, often with the use of examples, including those of the author's own shadow. This enables the reader to firstly achieve further understanding of the author's concepts and secondly the opportunity to consider their own shadow processes.
The author continues by discussing how the client's shadow can affect the counselling process; the shadow of the function of counselling; and the shadow of the counselling profession itself.
The book is clearly written and enables the reader to consider aspects of their own shadow in relation to each element of shadow discussed therein.
This book gives clear insight into how the therapist's shadow; the client's shadow; and the shadow of the counselling profession can affect the therapist's ability to work effectively within their profession. It also explores how with recognition and understanding of these shadow processes the therapist can enhance their way of working.
I recommend this book to anyone working within the psychotherapeutic field.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent introduction to the subject of a counsellor's darker side - to the often unconscious motivations that lead people into the profession, and which may subtly or not so subtly impinge upon work with clients. Page gives very useful and clear summaries of psychodynamic processes such as transference, projection, splitting which we all use to defend ourselves against recognising our own shadows; He argues that the shadow side develops as a result of the inevitable splitting (i.e. denial of 'bad' in ourselves) that we are all involved in,and that this shadow part of our personalities reside in our unconscious. What I feel is lacking is a full explanation of how 'shadow' differs from 'unconsicous'. If both of them are unconscious, how can one distinguish between them, and is this a useful distinciton to make? Could this book simply have been called "The Unconscious and the Counsellor"? I think at times that the two words are used interchangeably in this text, which is confusing. I would have welcomed a fuller discussion of how these two terms overlap, but essentially differ. Nevertheless, this is a useful starter text, with plenty of references to follow up - one that I particularly like and have read previously is Robert Bly's "A Little Book on the Human Shadow".
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This book has been invaluable for me in integrative counselling training. I've been working on integrating my own shadow through personal therapy for many years and this process has intensified during training, which has not been easy. I came across this book accidentally and it has served to offer a comprehensive theoretical stance describing processes which I am experiencing (which has been quite reassuring) and which some clients also inevitably will experience. An understanding of the shadow is essential, I believe if you are training to become a counsellor.
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