Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover
  • Book
  • © 1983

Counselling and Therapy

An Introductory Survey

Authors:

  1. Robert B. Burns

    1. School of Education, University of Bradford, UK

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

Sections

Buy it now

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check for access.

Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
    PDF

  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      PDF

    2. Some Background and Issues

      • Robert B. Burns
      Pages 3-20

  3. Psychoanalytic Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
      PDF

    2. Psychoanalysis

      • Robert B. Burns
      Pages 23-42

    3. Neo-Freudian Approaches

      • Robert B. Burns
      Pages 43-64

    4. Primal Therapy

      • Robert B. Burns
      Pages 65-68

  4. Behaviourist Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
      PDF

    2. Behaviour Therapy: An Overview

      • Robert B. Burns
      Pages 71-78

    3. Operant Conditioning and Token Reinforcement

      • Robert B. Burns
      Pages 79-94

    4. Systematic Desensitization

      • Robert B. Burns
      Pages 95-106

    5. Modelling

      • Robert B. Burns
      Pages 107-112

    6. Aversion Therapy

      • Robert B. Burns
      Pages 113-117

    8. Cognitive Restructuring

      • Robert B. Burns
      Pages 127-132

  5. Humanistic Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
      PDF

    3. The Existential Approach

      • Robert B. Burns
      Pages 140-152

    4. Rogers’ Client-Centred Therapy

      • Robert B. Burns
      Pages 153-169

    5. Encounter Groups

      • Robert B. Burns
      Pages 170-175
Back to top

About this book

In discussing psychology and psychotherapy with students in both formal and informal settings, it has become obvious to me that many professionals and trainees in health, social service and education spheres often have misinformed, erroneous and often biased views of the aims, objectives and techniques involved in counselling and psychotherapy. There is a proliferation of therapies, some old, some new, which produce a confusing kaleidoscope of treatments on offer to a bewildered public. The purpose of this text is to present in a relatively brief, objective form various current theories and practices in counselling or psychotherapy. This is difficult to do because brevity can itself bring about misunder­ standing, misrepresentation or biased perception. The writer hopes that such has not occurred. The text surveys the bewildering range of therapies available within and outside the Health, Social and Educational Services, to enable intelligent professionals in those services to be more aware of and sensitive to the treatments their clients are undergoing, may undergo or have undergone. Accounts of psychotherapeutic help are often buried in recondite journals, usually inaccessible to doctors, nurses, paramedics, social workers and teachers functioning at 'the coal face'. Few articles ever attempt a comprehensive surveyor rapprochement; most simply argue for one therapy in a biased promotion.
Back to top

Keywords

Back to top

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, University of Bradford, UK

    Robert B. Burns

Back to top

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Counselling and Therapy

  • Book Subtitle: An Introductory Survey

  • Authors: Robert B. Burns

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7721-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: R. B. Burns 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-7723-8Published: 30 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-7721-4Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 280

  • Topics: Public Health

Back to top

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top
Access via your institution

Buy it now

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Search

Navigation