The Purpose of Counselling and Psychotherapy

by Michael I. Bennett

Why do counsellors and psychotherapists practice? What is the purpose? What real benefit does the client gain and what benefit accrues to society as a whole? Do liberal and postmodern values leave counselling and psycho-therapy vulnerable to being devalued by consumerism, individualism and relativism? This unique text subjects counselling and psychotherapy to a proper and thorough moral and ethical analysis.

Using radical new theories, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403935963
• ISBN13: 9781403935960
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"