Training and Training Standards: Psychological Therapies In Primary Care

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The term x201D;primary care counselingx201D; denotes the context of primary care within which psychological therapies take place and encompasses practitioners from a wide variety of therapeutic traditions. The emphasis throughout Training and Training Standards is on thorough preparation of the new counselor/therapist to meet the counseling standards required in primary care practice.The surge of interest in psychotherapies in private practice settings makes this book timely and important. The book acts as a suggested syllabus for training counselors and psychotherapists but also deals with much wider issues. Chapters cover practitioner issues--both student and professional--management issues, and the provision of supervision and mentoring for the new counselor as well as planning ongoing professional development. Chapters dealing with the history of the remarkable rise in these services help set the context of the rapid development of primary care counseling. Training and Training Standards will be of value to students, course providers, counseling practice managers, supervisors as well as those who commission services and private practice doctors.

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Phillipa Weitz , B.Ed., M.Sc., has always taught in some capacity since 1977. In 1987 she completed her M.Sc. in Psychological Counselling at Roehampton and went on to run national and international mental health conferences and training courses over a period of thirteen years. She specializes in primary care counseling and bereavement work, having recently helped set up a bereavement program in India.Douglas Hooper is Emeritus Professor and Chair of the Counselling and Psychotherapy Forum for Primary Care. He is a clinical and counselling psychologist and has had a particular interest in the development of counselling services.