Effective short-term counselling within the primary care setting :
[Book]
psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioural therapy approaches /
Valerie Garrett
London :
Karnac,
2010
xxiii, 220 p. ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-213) and index
pt. 1. The primary care setting. Introduction -- Setting the scene of primary care counsellling against the backdrop of a rapidly-evolving NHS service -- Valuing what you bring to the primary care setting as an experienced or newly graduated counsellor -- Introduction and induction into the GP surgery -- Finding your place in the medical organizational "family" -- Medical model vs. psychological model -- The primary care counsellor's support systems -- Whose needs are being met? -- pt. 2. The practice of counselling and the impact of the setting theory and practice. Introduction -- Time and how we use it : assessing what is appropriate for the patient -- Assessment -- Use of psychotropic drugs, their probable impact upon counselling, and their side effects -- The contract -- Approaches to different categories of patient and presenting problem -- Waiting lists, endings, and referring on -- A short introduction to the neuroscience of psychotherapy