Spurling, Laurence, 1950-

An introduction to psychodynamic counselling / Laurence Spurling. - 2nd ed. - Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - ix, 179 p. ; 22 cm. - Basic texts in counselling and psychotherapy .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The basic principles of therapeutic practice and the concept of containment -- The setting -- Theory I : the developmental point of view and the Oedipus complex -- Theory II : the internal world and the depressive and paranoid-schizoid modes of experience -- Transference and its manifestations -- Working in the transference -- Phases of the counselling work -- Working with more disturbed clients -- The organizational framework.

This new edition of Laurence Spurling's highly regarded introduction to psychodynamic counselling gives readers a detailed understanding of the aims and principles of a psychodynamic theory.

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Counseling--methods.
Psychoanalytic counseling.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy--methods.
Transference (Psychology)

RC 489 / S67 2009

616.89/14 616.8917

2009 I-033 WM 420 / S772i 2009