The following titles have all been
written by Richard Bryant-Jefferies
The unique ‘LIVING
THERAPY’ Series
(published by Radcliffe Medical Press)
Richard Bryant-Jefferies brings to life the reality of the therapeutic
experience. Written for both experienced and novice counsellors, the series
spans a variety of settings including primary health care, privately at home,
within agencies and home visits. The books are subtitled as ‘person centred
dialogues’ as they comprise of fictitious dialogues demonstrating the
application of the person centred approach to working with people having
specific issues. Also included are the internal thoughts and feelings of client
and counsellor, theoretical comment boxes and supervision sessions. Each book
(except for ‘Problem Drinking’) includes an informative introduction to
person-centred theory with particular reference to the theme being addressed.
- Subject
Index for all of the Living Therapy titles.
This Master Subject Index lists the
various topics that are to be found within the Living Therapy titles as
all of the books not only address the theme indicated in the title, but
also include reference to other topics within the body of the text.
- Problem
Drinking: a person-centred dialogue
‘This is the first book to offer a
meticulously detailed exploration of a complete therapeutic process with a
problem drinker … enabling the reader to enter imaginatively into
therapeutic processes and thereby to acquire an experiential knowledge
that can seldom be obtained through the more conventional text-book. This
book succeeds impressively in this aim….’ Emeritus Professor
Brian Thorne
- Time-limited
Therapy in Primary Health Care: a person-centred dialogue
This title focuses on working with stress (work and familial) and
includes an extended introduction exploring issues directly related to
working within a Primary Health Care setting. ‘… the author brings to
life in a gripping way what really goes on when a counsellor sees a
patient in the primary healthcare setting. It’s good to read for once a
book that describes so realistically and movingly the minute-by-minute
account of what actually happens….’
Graham Curtis Jenkins,
retired GP
- Counselling
a Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse: a person-centred dialogue
‘Richard Bryant-Jefferies has been
able to catch the feel of an actual therapy relationship involving the
recovery of dissociated trauma memories in the relationship portrayed in
this book. Many of the passages … gave me goose bumps reading them. I
think that this moment-to-moment account of a therapy relationship will be
invaluable to therapists learning to work with this sort of material as it
emerges with their own clients.’ Professor
Margaret Warner, Illinois School of
Professional Psychology,
- Counselling
a Recovering Drug User: a person-centred dialogue
‘Richard Bryant-Jefferies’ book is well
timed and critically needed because it is a unique focus specifically
working with the individual drug abuser which is written within the
framework of Carl Rogers’ person-centred approach. This book is matchless
and deeply insightful. The therapeutic alliance at work within the pages
of this book describes brilliantly the relationship of three people
working together, the client, the counsellor and the counsellor’s
supervisor to actively improve the life of one person struggling with a
drug problem.’ Dana
Murphy-Parker, Professor of Nursing, Arizona
- Counselling
Young People: person-centred dialogues -
Issues dealt with include drug use and
temptation to move to ‘harder’ drugs, family relationships, best friends,
bullying. [The author] has caught the
subtlety of the person-centred therapeutic process extremely well while
providing such engaging human stories played out through the dialogues. I
trust that this book will reach a wide audience of all those who are
interested in and committed to the welfare and development of young
people.' Colin
Lago,
Formerly Director, Univ. of Sheffield Counselling Service
- Counselling
for Progressive Disability: person-centred dialogues
‘I am convinced that this book will
not only make the Person-Centred Approach accessible to a wider audience,
but also increase the general acceptance and empathy for persons with
disabilities The book presents two counselling processes which unfold
throughout the chapters. At times the author refers to person-centred
theory or adds explanations with clinical content. The counselling process
is reflected upon in supervision sessions which give a good insight into
person-centred supervision.’
Elisabeth Zinschitz,President of OEGWG
(Austrian Client-Centred Association). Clinical Director of Child Protection Centre, Vienna.
- Relationship
Counselling, Sons and the Mothers: a person-centred dialogue
'The book describes working with a
young man freeing himself from the negative impact of a rejection by his
mother throughout his life. [It] presents
the state of the art of this approach to counselling and psychotherapy and
Richard Bryant-Jefferies’ descriptions show his thinking and working in
up-to-date relational categories. In the last decades the centrality of
relationship for counselling and therapy has become important to almost
all orientations and modalities. Such a relationship-oriented
understanding of person-centred work equally focuses on both the
intrapersonal and interpersonal. These aspects are clearly visible in the
narrative of this book and the explanations and interpretations
given’ Peter F. Schmid, Professor at the University of
Graz, Austria.
- Person Centred
Counselling Supervision - Personal and Professional
‘The succinct synopsis of the theory behind Person-Centred Counselling and
the Personality Theory provides a useful backdrop for the scenarios
presented in the chapters, and not only does Richard succeed in his aim
“of bringing the experience of supervision alive for the reader”, he also
manages to relate the theory to practice throughout in a lively, and
sometimes provocative manner’
Irene Fairhurst, co-founder of
BAPCA and of the Institute for Person-Centred Learning
- Responding
to a Serious Mental Health Problem: person-centred dialogues
A
Moslem mother seeks counselling to help her cope with her son who is has a
mental health history and is using cannabis to deal with his symptoms,
contributing to his psychotic experiencing. The son is then offered his
own counselling sessions. ‘Responding to a Serious Mental Health
Problem … offers genuine insight into the impact of substances on
adolescent mental health, relationships within the family, and how the
person-centred approach can be applied in this area of [and] will have
value in CAMHS and all settings where professionals are required to work
with young people and families’. Movena
Lucas, Clinical Nurse Specialist working in CAMHS.
- Counselling
Victims of Warfare: person-centred dialogues
The introduction provides a brief overview of a person-centred perspective
on trauma and its theoretical application to victims of warfare. The
scenarios described are working with a woman refugee from Bosnia,
who was a witness and, subject of, atrocity including rape; and a male
ex-member of the military coming to terms with his traumatic experiences
on conflict situations.
- Workplace
Counselling - the NHS: person-centred dialogues
Workplace counselling is widely available, taking many forms, but
essentially offering help and support to enable people to resolve
workplace and personal issues that are affecting their work performance.
The NHS is the largest employer in the country, and the workplace
counselling sessions here described focus on issues of racial oppression
and discrimination, bereavement, and workplace stress.
- Counselling
for Obesity: person-centred dialogues
The problem of obesity is a growing one that is attracting increasing
attention both amongst health-care providers and the media. Counselling
for Obesity presents the causes and offers two scenarios of counselling.
The first was bullied in early childhood for his fatness and who later
deliberately put on weight to become the bully himself but whose excessive
eating has caused heath problems that he needs to address. The second
scenario is a woman whose excessive weight was a deliberate and conscious
strategy to avoid sexual advances as a result of verbal taunting in
childhood.
- Counselling
for Eating Disorders in Men: person-centred dialogues
Men and eating disorders is a topic that does not receive much attention,
and yet it is a growing problem, and not just in relation to compulsive
overeating. Men also experience anorexia and bulimia. This book includes
two scenarios, the first concerns working with a man who has a compulsive
binge style of eating, causing weight problems, the second focuses on
counselling a man who is seeking to address an anorexic condition that is
linked to exercising as well as minimal eating, and a degree of body
dysmorphia.
- Counselling
for Problem Gambling: person-centred dialogues
Gambling is increasing. For many people it brings a range of problems.
Resolving problem gambling is not always simply a matter of changing a
habit. Often there are underlying reasons – needs being met – through the
gambling experience. In this title the first part deals with counselling a
young man with a history of slot-machine habit that develops into a
problematic internet gambling habit. In the second half of the book, a man
gambling on the dogs and the horses is finding it is affecting his
marriage and seeks to regain control.
- Counselling
for Eating Disorders in Women: person-centred dialogues
This title is awaiting publication, focusing on work with two women. The
first woman in her late twenties has a bulimic eating pattern, linked to
her childhood experiences at home and which re-emerged through a
relationship in which she was the victim of domestic abuse. In the second
scenario an older teenager has developed an anorexic condition, her eating
pattern linked to her fears of maturation and her felt need to maintain a
very slim body image.
- Counselling
Young Binge Drinkers: person-centred dialogues
This title is currently being written, focusing on work with two young
people. The first, an older teenager who is finding himself becoming
violent when drinking, and who realises he has to change because he is
putting himself at risk from constant bouts of aggression. His counselling
is set in a GP surgery. The second is a younger teenager whose alcohol use
is linked to her parents drinking, her experience of life at home and her
need to be part of the drinking culture. Her counselling is set in an
Accident and Emergency Department.
- Counselling
for Death and Dying: person-centred dialogues
This title addresses one of the fundamental aspects of human experience.
The first part deals with counselling a family man, affected by his
father's death some months earlier, which is now impacting adversely not
only on his own emotional well-being, but as a result of his behaviour, on
his family. In the second part of the book, a woman already in counselling
is diagnosed with terminal cancer, and has to face her impending death and
the impact on her family. In particular she has to come to terms with the
effect on her two sons, one of whom has a drug problem, the other an
alcohol problem. In both scenarios, beliefs are addressed about the
hereafter and how differing beliefs between counsellor and client need
addressing supervision.
Also available are the
following titles:
- Binge! by Richard Bryant-Jefferies
ISBN 0-595-44207-2 Published by iUniverse in the USA, and printed in the USA and the UK
Binge!
is a novel about therapy. It will take you into the world of the
heavy-drinker and the struggle to overcome an ingrained alcohol habit that
is rooted in childhood trauma. This book will both affect you and bring
you a deeper understanding of alcohol problems and therapeutic process.
- Alive and
Cutting by Richard Bryant-Jefferies
ISBN 0-595-44207-2 Published by iUniverse in the USA, and printed in the USA and the UK
Alive and Cutting takes
you into the psychological world of self-harming behaviour. Katie had a
difficult childhood. Neglected and alone she spent much of her time
consoling herself as best she could with her doll and teddy bear. Taken
into care and fostered, she was then bullied at school. Now, aged
nineteen, Katie is depressed, binge-drinks and regularly cuts herself, in
part to find release from emotional build up, but also to cut her way out
of depression and despair. Katie has referred herself for counselling
where she sees Keith, a Youth Counsellor. The therapy process unfolds.
From moment to moment Katie’s focus can switch within the sessions, with
dramatic memories emerging and being lived out in the therapy room.
Katie’s cutting becomes more damaging as she connects more deeply with her
past.
- The Jigsaw
of Life by Richard Bryant-Jefferies
ISBN
978-0-595-48002-9 Published
by iUniverse in the USA, and printed in the USA and the UK
Is
life some chance occurrence on one large rock spinning around an
insignificant sun on the edge of the universe? Or is there a larger picture
to life, a greater unseen purpose? From cosmic evolution to human
diversity, life is like a jigsaw of many pieces evolving to find their
potential and place in the final picture. Richard Bryant-Jefferies takes
you on a fascinating journey from cosmic creation through the threat of
competitive separateness to human responsibility, identifying key
qualities - pieces of the jigsaw of life - to be set in place in the world
to enable the purpose of creation to be fulfilled and revealed.
… meaningful for practitioners in, or people committed to, the
Person-Centred Approach and who are interested in a spiritual dimension …
important reading for those people who are searching for their own answers
in trying to make sense of these type of questions and have no prior
knowledge or interest in the Person-Centred Approach. Irene Fairhurst,
from her Foreword
… through a series of gentle reflections from a wide variety of
perspectives the reader is drawn to consider what it means to be a human
being. Steve Nation, from his Foreword
- Models of
Care for Drug Service Provision by Richard Bryant-Jefferies
(Published by Radcliffe Publishing)
‘This new book is a wonderful reminder that we are dealing first and
foremost with human beings who are complex, vulnerable and who also happen
to have a drug problem. Our treatment professionals need to be well
informed, up to date and responsive to the needs of clients ….They also
need to be understanding, tolerant and resourceful. Models of Care assists
them by providing a framework within which to work and by helping to bind
together the range of professionals and services into a system of care.’
Don Lavoie, Deputy Regional Manager for London National Treatment Agency
- Counselling
the Person Beyond the Alcohol Problem by Richard
Bryant-Jefferies (Published by
Jessica Kingsley Publishing)
Bringing together person-centred theory, ‘cycle of change’ model and
general information about alcohol use and working with the problem
drinker. Includes a section on families, young people and the older
drinker. Full of scenarios to illustrate the ideas presented.
- The
Sevenfold Circle: Self Awareness in Dance by Lynn Frances
and Richard Bryant-Jefferies (Published by Findhorn Press)
This unique book describes the authors' use of dance to enhance
self-awareness and to deepen understanding of personal development and
spiritual themes. It describes the Sacred Nature of Circle Dance and draws
on a sevenfold energy system for understanding human personality. Now out
of print (though recently published in Portuguese in Brazil,
this book is only available from Richard.
- A Little
Book of Therapy by Richard Bryant-Jefferies (Published by Pen Press Ltd)
Containing a series of statements that people make during difficult times,
with a reframing statement on the opposite page to encourage self-belief,
'this book was conceived and written during those times when clients do
not attend. 'A Little Book of Therapy' is not written to be read from
cover to cover, but rather to be dipped in and out of. For a long while I
have been of the opinion that therapy does not create solutions, but
rather creates "the possibility that solutions might happen". I
hope that 'A Little Book of Therapy' will serve to help create for you the
possibility of finding solutions to problems and difficulties that you are
feeling, and that otherwise threaten to overwhelm you. It will certainly
offer fresh perspectives and, as in all of life, leave you with the choice
as to whether or how you will act in response to what is offered.’
"Counsellors and psychotherapists rejoice when at the end of a
therapeutic process their clients have become their own best counsellors.
This little book gives a glimpse of what it can be like to have the ability
to create the kind of internal dialogue which makes it possible to change
direction and to find new hope. I commend what is, in effect the outcome
of many years experience of a therapist who has accompanied those in
varied predicaments and who has not lost his faith in the ability of human
beings to discover their own wisdom. It constitutes a vote of confidence
in the human spirit".
Brian Thorne, Emeritus Professor of Counselling, University of East Anglia and Co-founder of The Norwich
Centre, from his Foreword.
An order form for
books can also be printed off sent through the post
To order your copy of any
of the above, contact 07930 163173 or email him at: richard@bryant-jefferies.fsnet.co.uk
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