Title Statements
- Full title :Counselling suicidal clients / Andrew Reeves.
Summary
"Counselling Suicidal Clients addresses the important professional considerations when working with clients who are suicidal. The 'bigger picture', including legal and ethical considerations and organizational policy and procedures is explored, as is how practitioners can work with the dynamics of suicide potential in the therapeutic process." "The book also includes chapters on the discourse of suicide, suicide and self-injury, and self-care for the counsellor. It is written for counsellors and psychotherapists, and for any professional who uses counselling skills when supporting suicidal people."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):SAGE
- Place of Publication:Los Angeles
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 182 pages ; : 25 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781412946353, 1412946352, 9781412946360, 1412946360
- oclc:ocn827178477
- LC Classification:HV6545
- Dewey Decimal:362.2886
Table of Contents
Part I. Contextual aspects of working with suicide risk. Suicide and counselling : an introduction -- Historical perspectives on suicide and the emergence of the medical model -- Suicide trends and statistics -- Part II. The prediction-prevention model, policy and ethics. Suicide risk factors and assessment -- The influence of policy and the prediction-prevention culture -- The ethical imperative of suicide -- Confidentiality, capacity and consent -- Part III. Organizations. Counselling suicidal clients in organizational settings -- Developing procedures and guidance -- Part IV. The client process. Understanding suicide -- The use of language in counselling suicidal clients -- From self-murder to self-support -- Suicide and self-injury : annihilation and survival -- Part V. The counsellor process. The counsellor and suicide risk : personal perspectives and professional actions -- Potential dangers and difficulties -- Part VI. Key aspects of counselling with suicidal clients. Tightropes and safety nets : supporting practice -- Good practice for self-support -- Training implications for counselling.
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