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Counselling Suicidal Clients

Andrew Reeves

Counselling Suicidal Clients addresses the important professional considerations when working with clients who are suicidal. The ′bigger picture′, including legal and ethical considerations and organizational policy and procedures is explored, as is to how practitioners can work with the dynamics of suicide potential in the therapeutic process. The book is divided into six main parts:

  • The changing context of suicide
  • The prediction-prevention model, policy and ethics
  • The influence of the organization
  • The client process
  • The practitioner process
  • The practice of counseling with suicidal clients

Book Details

  • Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
  • Publish Date: Mar 18th, 2010
  • Pages: 200
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.40in - 6.70in - 0.50in - 0.80lb
  • EAN: 9781412946360
  • Categories: Psychotherapy - CounselingSuicide

About the Author

Reeves, Andrew: - Andrew Reeves is a Professor in the Counselling Professions and Mental Health, a Senior BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist and a Registered Social Worker. He is a past-Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Fellow of BACP and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. He has published extensively on working in counselling and psychotherapy, and particularly in working with risk in a range of organisational settings. He is past Editor-in-Chief of Counselling and Psychotherapy Research journal and has a long-standing commitment to ethics in the counselling professions, including in writing and research.

Praise for this book

'Andrew Reeves has produced a timely and challenging book that maintains a vital

balance between scholarship, original research, clinical insight, practical

application and an evident compassion for those in such need' -
European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling