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.