The Shadow and the Counsellor: Working with the Darker Aspects of the Person, the Role and the Profession

by Steve Page

Overview

The Shadow and the Counsellor introduces the concept of shadow, the darker side to ourselves that we do not wish to acknowledge, or do not even recognise. It examines how it comes into being and explores its impact within counselling. The Shadow and the Counsellor is structured around a six stage model which is designed to help the counsellor recognise, confront and deal with their 'shadow'side. This can then be a framework for reflection and practical action.
With case studies including short clinical examples to longer examples running through the book, this will give counsellors a new way of approaching their practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415131452
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/13/1999
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

List of illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Counsellor: person, shadow, 2. Development of the counsellor and the incorporation of shadow, 3. Denying the shadow, 4. Recognising the shadow, 5. Confronting the shadow, 6. Incorporating the shadow, 7. Shadow as guide, 8. The client: mask, person and shadow, 9. The shadow of the profession, Notes, Bibliography, Author index, Subject index

Editorial Reviews

Arguing that a primary danger in the field of psychiatric counseling is that the counselor may not recognize his or her own dark side (in the sense of the Jungian notion of the "shadow"), Page (head of counseling service, U. of Hull) addresses the problem describing a six-stage model for the relationship a counselor may have with the shadow. The stages move from understanding how the shadow comes into being, moving through denial and recognition, and hopefully winding up with confrontation and incorporation. Although borrowing a concept from Jung, the author incorporates concepts from a number of other theoretical perspectives. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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