The new Fourth Edition provides the most comprehensive guide to the field of counselling psychology, exploring a range of theories and philosophical underpinnings, practice approaches and contexts, and professional issues. Thoroughly updated to reflect current issues and debates, this is the ultimate companion for your journey through counselling psychology training and into the workplace. Special attention has been paid to the topic of research, both as a theme throughout the book and through four new chapters, covering the use, carry out, and publication of research at different stages of training and practice. The Handbook of Counselling Psychology is the essential textbook for students and practitioners in the field of counselling psychology and allied health professions, at all stages of their career and across a range of settings, both in the UK and internationally.