Product Description
This book is designed to be an introduction to counselling for those training to be nurses, midwives and health visitors, as well as professionals in these fields and other areas of health care, for example physiotherapists, occupational therapists and dieticians. It examines the theories underpinning counselling and shows how the skills can be used in various situations such as helping people come to terms with chronic illness, miscarriages and bereavements, using examples of conversations. The new edition has been brought completely up to date to reflect contemporary developments in nursing and health care in relation to the fundamental philosophy of counselling. The theory in the text has been updated to include recent research and the themes of reflective practice and ethical concerns have been developed throughout, without compromising the praised accessibility and practical nature of the first edition.
About the Author
Dawn Freshwater is Head of Academic Research Centre in Practice (Primary Care and Mental Health), Bournemouth University and West Dorset NHS Trusts. She has been involved in various nationally and internationally funded research projects concerned with practice development and service evaluation, including the implementation of clinical supervision and reflective practice in the prison healthcare service (DoH funded), the nurse-patient relationship (UKCC funded) and the evaluation of the Diana Community Children's Services for children with life limited illness. She is a registered psychotherapist and has a keen interest in the therapeutic use of self in the helping professions. Having worked as a counsellor in General Practice she now maintains a small private counselling and supervision practice. She sits on the board of directors of the International Association for Human Caring. She is an editorial board member of nursing journals and has co-edited and authored a number of publications. She has presented at numerous international conferences and is the recipient of the Distinguished Nurse Researcher award, 2000.
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