A useful and informative introduction
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This short book is well written in the author's usual highly literate style. It places the psychodynamic approach to counselling in context and gives a clear, if general, brief account of both psychoanalytic key concepts and child development, an understanding of which are necessary in psychodynamic work. Perhaps a limitation of the book is that whilst it is introductory, it also has a breadth of reach which has a somewhat diluting effect on the essential psychodynamic material. A good start for interested counsellors, and very attractively published.
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Very disappointing
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This book is littered with inaccuracies and inconsistencies. It gives no clear sense of the complexity of psychodynamic counselling and presents models which have no resemblance to psychodynamic counselling as it is widely understood. Not at all recommended and totally unhelpful
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