Contracts in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Contracts in Counselling & Psychotherapy, Second Edition is a practical guide to an essential area of professional knowledge and skills. It provides a unique and informative guide to the nature of counseling contracts, why they are needed and how they are made. For the Second Edition, the book has been thoroughly updated to take account of the BACP ethical framework. New chapters have been added covering legal aspects and making contracts with trainees.

List of Contributors

vii

Foreword to the Second Edition

x

PART I AN OVERVIEW

1

(26)

Introduction: The Therapy Contract -- A Mutual Commitment

3

(6)

Charlotte Sills

Contracts and Contract Making

9

(18)

Charlotte Sills

PART II THEORETICAL APPROACHES

27

(34)

The Use of Contracts in the Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Approach

29

(12)

Michael Jacobs

Cognitive Therapy: A Down-to-earth and Accessible Approach

41

(11)

Frank Wills

Contracting within Person-centred Counselling and Psychotherapy

52

(9)

Mike Worrall

PART III TYPES AND CONSIDERATIONS

61

(56)

Outcome-focused Contracts

63

(11)

Ian Stewart

Process Contracts

74

(13)

Adrienne Lee

Contracts and Harmful Behaviour

87

(11)

Geoff Mothersole

Making Contracts with Different Personality Types

98

(11)

Charlotte Sills

Max Wide

Contracts, Ethics and the Law

109

(8)

Peter Jenkins

PART IV CONTRACTS AND CONTEXTS

117

(58)

Contracts, Complexity and Challenge

119

(18)

Keith Tudor

Choosing a Time-limited Counselling or Psychotherapy Contract

137

(15)

Jenifer Elton Wilson

Therapy Contracts with Trainee Practitioners

152

(9)

Brigid Proctor

Charlotte Sills

Contracting in Supervision

161

(14)

Brigid Proctor

Appendix I Contract for Counselling Relationship

175

(3)

Appendix II Contract for Gestalt Psychotherapy

178

(2)

Appendix III Consent form for Body-oriented Psychotherapy Treatment

180

(3)

Index

183

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