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Counselling Suicidal Clients

Counselling Suicidal Clients

by Andrew Reeves
Counselling Suicidal Clients
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Counselling Suicidal Clients

Counselling Suicidal Clients

by Andrew Reeves

Overview

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 to how practitioners can work with the dynamics of suicide potential in the therapeutic process. The book is divided into six main parts:


• The changing context of suicide
• The prediction-prevention model, policy and ethics
• The influence of the organization
• The client process
• The practitioner process
• The practice of counseling with suicidal clients

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781412946353
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 03/03/2010
Series: Therapy in Practice
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Andrew Reeves is a Professor in the Counselling Professions and Mental Health, a Senior BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist and a Registered Social Worker. He is a past-Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Fellow of BACP and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. He has published extensively on working in counselling and psychotherapy, and particularly in working with risk in a range of organisational settings. He is past Editor-in-Chief of Counselling and Psychotherapy Research journal and has a long-standing commitment to ethics in the counselling professions, including in writing and research.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: 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 TWO: 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 THREE: ORGANIZATIONS
Counselling Suicidal Clients in Organizational Settings
Developing Procedures and Guidance
PART FOUR: 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 FIVE: THE COUNSELLOR PROCESS
The Counsellor and Suicide Risk: Personal Perspectives and Professional Actions
Potential Dangers and Difficulties
PART SIX: KEY ASPECTS OF COUNSELLING WITH SUICIDAL CLIENTS
Tightropes and Safety Nets: Supporting Practice
Good Practice for Self-Support
Training Implications for Counselling
PART SEVEN: CONCLUSIONS
Concluding Thoughts
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