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Working with goals in psychotherapy and counselling

Recent evidence has shown that the successful setting of goals brings about positive outcomes in psychological therapy. This book brings together theory, practice and research to give a definitive, practical, and critical guide to working with goals in the psychological therapies
Print Book, English, 2018
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Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2018
viii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780198793687, 0198793685
1002294833
1: Duncan Law and Mick Cooper: Introduction2: John McLeod and Thomas Mackrill: Philosophical, conceptual and ethical perspectives on working with goals in therapy3: Mick Cooper: The Psychology of Goals: A Practice-Friendly Review4: Amy Feltham, Kate Martin, Leanne Walker, Lydia Harris, and Grace Jeremy: Using Goals in Therapy: The Perspective of People with Lived Experience5: Georgiana Shick Tryon: Goals and Psychotherapy Research6: Jenna Jacob, Julian Edbrooke-Childs, Christopher Lloyd, Daniel Hayes, Isabelle Whelan, Miranda Wolpert, and Duncan Law: Measuring Outcomes Using Goals7: Windy Dryden: From Problems to Goals: Identifying 'Good' Goals in Psychotherapy and Counselling8: Duncan Law: Goal-oriented Practice9: Nick Grey, Suzanne Byrne, Tracey Taylor, Avi Shmueli, Cathy Troupp, Peter Stratton, Aaron Sefi, Roslyn Law, and Mick Cooper: Goal-oriented Practice Across Therapies10: Duncan Law and Mick Cooper: ConclusionGoal-based Outcome Measures for both Children and Adults