June 2006

editorial

positive psychology
Rather than parading as a specialised discipline, positive therapy offers a way of working where happiness is a goal to head for. By Clare Pointon

delivering CBT
It is conceivable that counsellors could supply a much needed workforce capable of delivering a listening version of CBT – if they first dropped their prejudices about the model. By Frank Wills

in defence of dependency
Therapists and clients alike have been tainted with the present Western ethos of managing without others – but why this resistance to a human given? By Nick Totton

fat: a male issue too
After rummaging through papers on eating disorders and disentangling himself from the all-purpose medical model, this is one man's personal quest to understand the individual male client's perspective. By Duncan E Stafford

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