Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction; Part 1 Understanding mental health: the emergence of the talking cure; Chapter 1 The birth of psychiatry: questions of power, control and care -- David W. Jones; Chapter 2 The service-user movement -- Jo Lomani; Chapter 3 The history of the talking cure -- Sarah Marks; Chapter 4 Diagnosis, classification and the expansion of the therapeutic realm -- David Harper; Part 2 Presenting problems; Chapter 5 Understanding sadness and worry -- Naomi Moller and Gina Di Malta; Chapter 6 Trauma and crisis -- Andrew Reeves and Christina Buxton; Chapter 7 Relationships and intimacy -- Naomi Moller; Chapter 8 Understanding psychological formulation -- Lucy Johnstone; Part 3 Models of working; Chapter 9 The psychodynamic approach -- David Kaposi; Chapter 10 Cognitive behavioural therapy -- Simon P. Clarke; Chapter 11 The humanistic approach -- Michael Sims and Gina Di Malta; Chapter 12 The pluralistic approach -- Julia McLeod and John McLeod; Part 4 Counselling in practice; Chapter 13 The therapeutic relationship -- Daragh Keogh and Ladislav Timulak; Chapter 14 Beyond the individual -- Andreas Vossler; Chapter 15 Beyond face to face: technology-based counselling -- Andreas Vossler; Chapter 16 Context of practice: boundaries and ethics -- Clare Symons; Part 5 Contemporary issues: mental health and society; Chapter 17 The politics of research and evidence -- Rebecca Hutten; Chapter 18 Mental health, criminal justice and the law -- David W. Jones; Chapter 19 Individual or social problems? -- David Kaposi; Chapter 20 Living in a therapeutic culture -- Joanne Brown and Barry Richards; Conclusion;