Counselling people with disfigurement / Eileen Bradbury.

By: Bradbury, Eileen .

Contributor(s): British Psychological Society .

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BookSeries: Communication and counselling in health care.Publisher: Leicester : Baltimore, Md. : British Psychological Society ; Distributed in North America by P.H. Brookes Pub. Co., 1996Description: viii, 131 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1854331760.Subject(s): Disfigured persons -- Counseling of | Face -- Abnormalities -- Psychological aspects

| Craniofacial Abnormalities -- psychology | Counseling

| Facial Injuries -- psychologyDDC classification: 362.1971

Contents:

Disfigurement and its treatment -- The psychological and social effects of disfigurement -- The helping process -- Helping people with disfigurement: qualities of a skilled helper -- Meeting the needs: Establishing the relationship -- Meeting the needs: Identifying problems and setting aims -- Meeting the needs: working together to achieve the aims -- Conclusions: Helping the helper.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Lending	MTU Bishopstown Library Lending	362.1971 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00074220

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The book addresses both the psychological and social effects of disfigurement. Key aspects of the book include developing 'helping skills', building relationships, identifying problems and working together to meet aims.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

1 Disfigurement and its treatment
2 The psychological and social effects
3 Helping processes
4 Qualities of a skilled helper
5 Building relationships
6 Identifying problems
7 Working together to meet the aims
8 Help for the helper

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr Eileen Bradbury is a clinical counsellor in the department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Withington Hospital, Manchester, UK, and a lecturer in Health Psychology at the University of Manchester, UK. She is on the Royal College of Surgeons Steering Group on Audit in Cleft Lip and Palate.