Prejudice is for good or ill a part of our nature. It is instilled in usfrom birth onwards. All we can hope to do is to combat it and the first toolin our armou... » 

Prejudice is for good or ill a part of our nature. It is instilled in usfrom birth onwards. All we can hope to do is to combat it and the first toolin our armoury must be that of awareness. Without this it is very difficultperhaps impossible for the psychotherapist or counsellor to explore how itmight be influencing the psychotherapy relationship.Sue Marshall has in this book performed a valuable task in that directionand has done in it very cogently in a most difficult area. I applaud her JoeSinclair Nurturing PotentialDifference prejudice and discrimination are issues which all counsellors andpsychotherapists need to address as part of their personal and professionaldevelopment. Designed to support training on these complex issues Difference Discrimination in Counselling Psychotherapy helps therapists understand theexperience of discrimination as well as explore their own often unconscious attitudes to others based on gender sexuality race culture or mentalhealth.For most therapists an attitude of acceptance and nonjudgmentalism isfundamental to their view of practice. However in seeking to be nonjudgmental therapists may run the risk of concealing their own prejudices. Itis only by facing up to these attitudes and exploring them that therapists areable to fully relate to their clients and help them effectively. Synthesisingsociological knowledge with her experience of a practitioner Sue Marshallpowerfully demonstrates both the importance and the practicalities ofdeveloping awareness about difference.Difference Discrimination in Counselling Psychotherapy offers astraightforward approach to some of the most difficult issues relating topractice making it an ideal text for use in training and for qualifiedtherapists continuing their professional development. «