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A guide to coaching and mental health: the recognition and management of psychological issues
- Authors:
- BUCKLEY Andrew, BUCKLEY Carole
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 264p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book provides an introduction to the assessment of psychological issues in the context of coaching. Coaches need to be able to recognise mental health problems in their clients, enabling them to make an informed decision about whether coaching is appropriate. This book covers legal, ethical and practical considerations guiding the reader through definition and management of more common mental health problems. The book is divided into 3 sections. Part I, Working on the Boundary, starts by exploring the distinction between normal and abnormal behaviour. In Part II, What’s Being Said?, fictional case studies are described, which cover a range of possible mental health issues from mild depression and anxiety, through to psychoses and potentially life-threatening problems. Part III, Categories of Mental Illness, guides the reader through the definition and management of the more common mental health problems. This guide to identifying mental illness may be of interest to coaches and other related professionals, whatever their level of experience.
In the hyphen: perceptions, benefits, and challenges of social workers’ dual identity as clinician-client
- Author:
- PROBST Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 95(1), 2014, pp.25-33.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
This study is the first to directly inquire into the experience of clinical social workers who live “in the hyphen,” having received psychiatric diagnoses and/or been in therapy themselves. Rather than inhabiting these roles sequentially as previous studies suggest, many inhabit them simultaneously. Social workers who took part in this qualitative thematic analysis describe the benefits of living in the hyphen, such as greater understanding of client resistance and opportunity to serve as a model of realistic hope, as well as its challenges, including countertransference, retraumatization, and fear of being “outed.” Overall, the experience of “sitting in the other chair” was more important to participants than having a skillful therapist as a role model or sharing a specific diagnostic history with a client, which they cautioned did not offer a shortcut to authentic understanding or formation of a therapeutic alliance (Publisher abstract)
Talking therapies explained
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Talking therapies can help people to work out how to deal with negative thoughts and feelings and to make positive changes. They can help people who are feeling distressed by difficult events in their lives as well as people with a mental health problem. This booklet is aimed at anyone who wants to know more about different types of talking therapies, also referred to as counselling, psychological treatments, and psychotherapies. The booklet explains more about talking therapies and includes the experiences of people who have used them. It also advises how to find and choose a therapist, and where to look for more information.
Can CORE assessment data identify those clients less likely to benefit from brief counselling in primary care?
- Authors:
- SAXON David, IVEY Catherine, YOUNG Tracey
- Journal article citation:
- Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 8(4), December 2008, pp.223-230.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Studies show that counsellors in primary care see many clients with difficulties of a severity similar to those found in secondary care services. Evidence from both RCTs and studies of routinely collected data indicates that many of these 'clinical' clients benefit from brief counselling intervention. However, little is known about why some benefit while others fail to do so despite completing their counselling contract. This paper considers client characteristics recorded at assessment and aims, using logistic regression analysis, to identify those characteristics predictive of a poor outcome. Results indicate that a number of characteristics are associated with poor outcome; the most important predictors are economic inactivity and aspects of the patient's condition, particularly continuous/recurrent depression, with some differences between genders. However, the models produced were not acceptable in their predictive power. This may be partly due to data quality issues or important characteristics not being available in the data. The paper concludes that being unemployed or on state benefits may be a proxy measure of severity that has an important impact on outcome for all patients, and particularly for males. Some reasons are suggested and areas of future research are identified.
Decoupling psychological therapies from the medical model
- Author:
- SANDERS Pete
- Journal article citation:
- Therapy Today, 18(9), November 2007, pp.35-38.
- Publisher:
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
As counselling and psychotherapy move towards being a regulated profession, the author argues that it would be dangerous to commit to a medical model of mental health.
An uncertain sanctuary
- Author:
- FRANKEL Hannah
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 81, March 2006, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
Fleeing from torture and scenes of cruelty is traumatic enough for asylum-seeking children. The author looks at how their experiences in the UK sometimes only exacerbate matters and also highlights the lack of mental health service provision.
Counselling families with mentally ill
- Author:
- ANURADHA K.
- Journal article citation:
- Indian Journal of Social Work, 64(2), April 2003, pp.159-166.
- Publisher:
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences
The author outlines the purpose and goals for counselling families with members who are mentally ill. The skills required by a family counsellor for such purposes are also given. The author recommends a four phased approach to counsel and empower families with members who have mental health problems.
Coming out: time to acknowledge the importance of counselling skills in occupational therapy
- Authors:
- JOB Teresa, BROOM Wendy, HABERMEHL Fiona
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60(8), August 1997, pp.357-358.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Discusses the importance of counselling as an integral part of current occupational therapy.
Letting the client's life touch yours
- Author:
- VAN DEURZEN-SMITH Emmy
- Journal article citation:
- Changes an International Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy, 13(4), December 1995, pp.293-298.
Psychotherapy which takes the human predicament seriously cannot be merely about technique. Argues that the challenges faced by clients will by necessity impact on psychotherapists who will have already confronted or will eventually confront similar questions about living.
'If only I'd known about this years ago' - stress and time management workshops for people recovering from mental illness
- Author:
- BRADLEY Greta
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 5(4), 1991, pp.299-312.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on a series of workshops in stress and time management offered to people recovering from mental illness. The membership and content of the workshops, as well as consumer feedback are described and discussed. The suggestion is that such training could become part of social work practice.