Critical Thinking in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Introduction: What Is Critical Thinking? PART ONE: EVERYDAY COUNSELLING PRACTICEWhat Are the Pros and Cons of Unconditional Positive Regard?How Important Are Boundaries in Counselling Practice?What Form Should Assessment Take?Is Eclecticism as Bad as the Bad Press It's Had?What Are the Pros and Cons of Short-Term, Time-Limited Counselling?What's Wrong with Counsellor Self-Disclosure?How Crucial Are Counselling Ethics?Can You Counsel Effectively When Affected by Illness or Personal Troubles?Does It Matter if Empathy Is Not Matched by Personal Experience?PART TWO: TRAINING AND CURRICULUM ISSUESIs Training Necessary?Who Is Suitable to Be a Counsellor?Should Men Counsel?How Important Is the Trainee's Own Personal Therapy?Why Have We Focused on Core Theoretical Models?How Much Is Theory Related to Practice?Are Colleges and Universities the Best Places to Train Counsellors?How Necessary Is Psychology to Counselling?How Might Counselling Be Expanded as an Academic Subject?PART THREE: THEORIES OF COUNSELLING PRACTICEWho Founds Schools of Counselling and Why?Which Theories of Human Development Are Most Relevant in Counselling Training and Practice?How Do Genes, Personality, Object Relations and Life Events Interact?What Roles Do Chance, Destiny and Control Play in Our Lives?What's Wrong with Psychoanalytic Therapy?What Are the Limitations of the Person-centred Approach?What's Wrong with CBT?PART FOUR: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES AND INFRASTRUCTURESWho Owns Counselling?Do We Need Supervision Forever?Where Is Research Taking us?Is Statutory Regulation a Good and Inevitable Development?What Are the Differences between Counselling, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis, Clinical and Counselling Psychology?How Buoyant or Otherwise Is the Job Market for Counsellors?How Should We Respond to Clients' Views and Complaints?PART FIVE: COUNSELLING, SOCIETY AND CULTUREHow Important Are 'Social Contexts of Counselling' as a Component of Training?Can Counselling be a Countercultural Activity?How Much