Download or read book Clinical Counselling in Voluntary and Community Settings written by Quentin Stimpson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical Counselling in Community and Voluntary Settings provides an overview of the development of counselling in a world of managed care, where resources are tight and professionals are stretched to their limits. Experienced contributors from a varied and diverse background cover issues including: * the place of community and voluntary organisations in society at large * the nature of counselling in voluntary and community settings * containment and holding * the nature of the client group and its affect on clinical work This book will provide theoretical and practical advice of interest to both experienced practitioners and students considering a placement with a voluntary counselling organisation.