Finding Love in the Looking Glass: A Book of Counselling Case Stories - Softcover

Yaxley Smith, Maggie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782201246 ISBN 13: 9781782201243

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

This book shows how people can make different choices in their lives once they find a level of self-acceptance and realistic goals, presenting various case stories that show what can be achieved in counselling and how the counselling relationship can enable people to change their lives.

About this title

About the Author:

Maggie Yaxley Smith has worked as a humanistic counsellor, clinical supervisor, head of a university counselling service and group facilitator for more than thirty-five years. She has worked therapeutically with a varied and multi-cultural client group on a university campus, in a women’s refuge, in private practice and for Relate. She is an Accredited Senior Registered Practitioner with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and has an M.A. in Women’s Studies. She is also a member of a well-being writing network based in Kent, and is a Veriditas-trained Labyrinth Facilitator.

Review:

"This rich, practical, and potentially transforming book provides the lay reader, as well as the counselor, psychotherapist, and student of counseling, with a clear, practical guide to insightful dialogue, and the effective use of innovative techniques in counseling. Devising relevant case stories from her extensive experience in this field, Maggie Yaxley Smith offers us a fluent, personable, and compassionate approach to the struggles, vulnerabilities, and previously undiscovered potential and strength of human nature. This creative, illuminating, intimate, and authentic account makes an immensely significant contribution to personal growth, helping us to break free from old patterns which limit us, and allow us to realize our potential and live life more fully." (Brian Graham, clinical supervisor, counsellor, therapist and international educator)

"This is a beautifully written and multi-layered insight into the counselor/client relationship. With each in-depth case study, the author reflects on the emotional and psychological subtleties and complexities that clients bring into the counseling room. Her honesty, warmth, sensitivity, and skill with each client shines through on every page as she invites you to share in each person’s internal struggles, breakthroughs, and 'a-ha' moments as they journey from past hurts to self discovery. This is an engaging and positive book. Whether you are a seasoned therapist, or someone thinking about having counseling, or simply curious about what the counseling experience is like, then this book is for you." (Anjula Mutanda, relationship psychologist, presenter, and author)

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1782201246
• ISBN 13: 9781782201243
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216