Andrew Reeves

Professor Andrew Reeves has worked as a social worker, psychotherapist and supervisor in various setting for nearly forty years. He is a Professor in the Counselling Professions and Mental Health at the University of Chester, a BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist, an EMCC Senior Accredited Coach and Coach Supervisor and Registered Social Worker. Following the death by suicide of one of his clients early in his career, he undertook extensive research into ways in which counsellors and psychotherapists work with suicidal clients and he has written extensively about this since.

His books include, Counselling Suicidal Clients (2010) has quickly become a popular title, as has Key Issues for Counselling in Action: Second Edition, which he co-edited with Prof Windy Dryden. Additionally, he is author of Working with Risk in Counselling and Psychotherapy and An Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy: From Theory to Practice, 2nd Edition. He is currently working on a 3rd Edition of this title and is soon to publish Standards and Ethics for Counselling in Action: 5th Edition (with Prof Tim Bond). His award-winning training DVD, Tight Ropes and Safety Nets: Counselling Suicidal Clients (with Jon Shears and Sue Wheeler) is now being used by many therapy training programmes throughout the UK. He is immediate past-Chair of BACP.