Stephen Palmer

For practicing or student counselors, psychotherapists, psychologists, health professionals, and educators, analyzes current research and practice in stress counselling as more and more client groups are needing it. The 11 studies combine presentations from a symposium for the British Journal of Guidance and Counselling (date and location not noted.

The contributors to this text examine myths about suicide, explores facts and statistics at national and international levels, and uses client cases to uncover thoughts leading to suicidal behaviour.

Solution-focused therapy is an increasingly popular approach, used by practitioners in a wide range of contexts and settings. This text brings together contributions in fields such as social work, education and health care to show how solution-focused techniques can be effective in many different situations.