At a time when Complementary and Alternative Therapies have (again) been under fire from some university scientists for falsely claiming scientific status, and in an era of evidence-based psychotherapy, this book is a key text. It should have a place on all postgraduate counselling and psychotherapy courses, but I suspect it will not be so readily accommodated.

Tags: effectiveness, Psychology, Research, therapy

With an entertaining and thought-provoking style, 'Psychology and the Reflective Counsellor' brings basic, straightforward knowledge from current psychology to counselling. (Review originally published in 2003.)

Tags: Psychology, therapy