by Mannie Sher (Contributor), Mannie Sher (Contributor), Jan Wiener (Author)
From small beginnings in the 1970s, counselling in primary health care has now become an established practice in many doctors' surgeries. This lucidly-written text provides an honest exploration of the day-to-day working dilemmas, challenges and teamwork opportunities facing counsellors and GPs who work collaboratively. Through the liberal use of case illustrations, the authors argue for an integrated psychodynamic and systemic approach to counselling in the primary health care setting. This text is essential reading for counsellors, psychotherapists, doctors and others working in primary care.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 212
Edition: 1998
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 29 May 1998
ISBN 10: 0333652053
ISBN 13: 9780333652053
Book Overview: '...this is an excellent new arena for highly effective therapeutic work...Jan Wiener and Mannie Sher have done an excellent job.' - from the foreword by Andrew Elder, Consultant in General Practice and Primary Care, Tavistock Clinic, London '...an important source of learning, bringing clarity and insight into often isolated areas.' - Journal of Counselling in Medical Settings 'Despite the open and accessible manner in which it is written, I found this to be a quietly provocative book which led me to think about the complexity and challenge represented by the application of psychodynamic thinking in a GP's surgery.' - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy