The Counsellor's Guide to Parks Inner Child Therapy

About this book

The Counsellors Guide to Parks Inner Child Therapy comprehensively covers all the tools and resources needed to work confidently in the field of child abuse. Covering the processes of establishing rapport memory retrieval identifying and removing limiting beliefs visualisation techniques keeping clients on track understanding clients differing needs dealing with grief and anger the importance of assertiveness identifying and shifting general blocks intensifying happy memories reframing guilt shame and sexual difficulties determining when a client is ready for change defusing trauma response and dealing with the counsellors own feelings. Written in a jargon-free style easy to use it is an essential guide for trained counsellors and therapists which will add insights and tools to their repertoire as well as being a guide for use in a self-help programme. Giving clear information about the effects and treatment of child abuse amply illustrated with sample material and guidelines. It is a valuable reference for anyone working with victims of child abuse.