1. Therapeutic Alliance as an Integrating Framework / Windy Dryden
Pt. 1. Initiating the Therapeutic Alliance
2. Very First Contact with People Enquiring about or Seeking Counselling / Windy Dryden
3. Structuring the Counselling Process / Barbara Lawton
4. Initiating Counselling / Phoebe Lambert
5. Client Assessment / Andrew Reeves
Pt. 2. Deepening the Therapeutic Alliance
6. Dynamics of Shame in the Therapeutic Relationship / Jules Howdin
7. Working at Relational Depth / Mick Cooper
8. Getting SOMEWHERE: Goals and Problems for Counselling / Pierce O'Carroll
9. Tailoring Your Counselling Approach to Different Clients / Windy Dryden
Pt. 3. Dealing with Threats to the Therapeutic Alliance
10. Working with Reluctant Clients / Clive Carswell
11. Working with Transference in Counselling / Jane Macaskie
12. Working with the Concept of Stuckness / Fatima Fernandes
13. Working with Client Dependency / Kirsten Amis
Pt. 4. Ending the Therapeutic Alliance
14. Working with a Planned Ending / Maggie Robson
15. Anticipating and Working with Unplanned Endings / Maggie Robson
Pt. 5. Issues for the Counsellor
16. Using Counsellor Supervision / Gail King
17. Feelings of Incompetence in Therapy: Causes, Consequences and Coping Strategies / Anne Theriault and Nicola Gazzola
18. Countertransference / Clare Symons
19. How Close Do I Get to My Clients? / David Tune
20. Culture and Diversity in Counselling / James Barrott
21. Self-care in Counselling / Amanda Larcombe
22. Evaluating Counselling and Evidence-based Practice / Ruth Caleb and Dave Berger.
