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Living Well and Dying Well: Tales of counselling older people

An extract from Living Well and Dying Well: Tales of Counselling Older People How to say goodbye - Maggie Maggie was just 16 when she went to Whitstable on a day trip with the Bromley Girls Brigade. On the beach, she met John, two years older than her, a soldier…

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National Stalking Awareness Week 16-20 April 2018

With it being National Stalking Awareness Week here is an extract of Chapter 1 from 'Our Encounters with Stalking' by Sam Taylor, Alec Grant and Helen Leigh-Phippard. The extract includes the effects of stalking, characteristics of stalkers and aspects of risk management. Chapter 1 Psychological effects of stalking - Emma Short and…

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#MeToo: Survivors of sexual violence as counsellors and psychotherapists

#MeToo: Survivors of sexual violence as counsellors and psychotherapists Deborah A. Lee and Emma Palmer (editors) PCCS Books (2019) Information for potential contributors Introduction. This new edited collection will explore the practise of counselling and psychotherapy by self-identified survivors of sexual violence/abuse: #MeToo for psychotherapy and counselling. It will show: …

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Jerold Bozarth

Jerold Bozarth was an author, editor and friend of PCCS Books since the mid-1990s. It is with great sadness that we learned of his death yesterday after a very short illness. Pete Sanders writes: Jerold will be missed by many in the person-centred world. He attended almost every international…

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Psychological Therapies for Survivors of Torture: A Human-Rights Approach With People Seeking Asylum

Following an online event with Jude Boyles and colleagues we received several questions and comments from viewers. Here Jude and colleagues respond to those questions. The world of therapy is now heavily affected by the holy grail of evidence based practice, RCTs, time-limited work - what would you say about…

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