Carrying out research is becoming increasingly important in counselling and psychotherapy. In a unique approach to relational research, Del Loewenthal offers students and practitioners the opportunity to develop their research skills through real situations.

This text introduces the concepts, essential tenets and basic techniques of Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography.Through the use of case studies and the author’s own professional experience, this book covers the practices, together with their theories and research behind phototherapy and therapeutic photography providing a comprehensive range of major approaches. Examples include Talking Pictures Therapy, Reenactment Phototherapy, the creation of therapeutic photo-books, storie...

A valuable contribution to the field by a professor of psychotherapy and author and editor of many titles in this area.

Del Loewenthal's career has been wide-ranging, spanning existentialism, psychoanalysis, critical psychotherapy, humanism, postmodernism, phototherapy, cognitive behaviour therapy and childhood studies. This collection combines new and recent works with earlier writings, drawing together his outstanding research and contribution to existential theory, practice and research.Containing chapters and papers chosen by Loewenthal himself, the book is divided into the following sections:

A key theme of this book is that we urgently need a therapeutic ethos in order to bring both educational and therapeutic sensibilities to bear on the issue of children's wellbeing, if truly effective and appropriate policy responses to the current malaise are to be fashioned. Not least, we must pay particular attention to childhood experience, showing that scientific and technical developments are always secondary to the resources of the human soul, if we are to minimize the extent to whic...

This fully updated second edition of Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography in a Digital Age invites readers to consider how cutting-edge approaches in phototherapy and therapeutic photography could be integrated into their own practice.Contributing authors provide guidance on different techniques for using photography in work with clients, including theory and context behind when each approach should be used. Readers will benefit from updates to the current edition, inc...

This book explores the current developments and future implications of psychotherapeutic theories, research methodologies, and practices in this rapidly advancing digital economy.This book is an invaluable resource for those interested in:The effects of our ‘information economy’ on our brains, consciousness, inner world and the way as psychotherapists we conceptualiseThe promise of autonomous psychotherapy programmes that integrate ‘therapy with the actual r...

This book examines developments in qualitative psychotherapeutic research. It focuses on different methods and aspects of clinical practice. These range from the experiences of service users and clinicians, examining in detail different aspects of how therapy gets done in practice, to critiquing the politics and ideologies of psychotherapy practice. It aims to reflect the diversity that characterises this developing field and to represent practice-based research carried out in different cl...

For the psychotherapist/psychological therapist, notions of diversity and inclusion, such as intersectional feminist, trans*, critical race/whiteness, migration, (in)equality, queer, disability, post-colonial, decolonial, approaches and studies, are both increasingly important, and yet increasingly difficult. This book explores these developments and raises the important questions: Are these difficulties to do with the biases of the person who is the psychotherapist, and/or could it also s...

This book presents contemporary studies in qualitative psychotherapeutic research, examining their effectiveness in developing psychotherapeutic innovation and imagination. There is a focus on phenomenology, particularly given the growing prominence of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). The book explores the tension between different forms of therapeutic knowledge—theoretical explicit knowledge, practice-derived explicit knowledge, and the crucial yet elusive tacit knowledge t...

This book explores critical and thought- provoking questions about the role and impact of psychotherapy in addressing societal, environmental, and economic challenges. It examines whether the therapeutic practices we offer benefit our clients at the expense of others or even their own broader well- being. Through an analysis of concepts such as ‘acceptance,’ ‘the unconscious,’ and ‘the relational,’ the book interrogates whether psychotherapy contributes to societal problems or perpetuates ...

This book is for those interested in providing psychotherapy and counselling for young adults, and those who wish to bring a therapeutic sensibility to working with this client group.Two main questions are addressed: What are the implications of providing a therapeutic ethos for young adults; and what, if any, additional training might be required for psychotherapists and counsellors working with this client group? In so doing this book explores what has too long been seen, at leas...