Looking in depth at the therapeutic meeting between therapist and client, this now includes an updated preface, new content on recent research and new developments and debates around relational depth, and new case studies.

Author Floyd Fowler provides students and researchers who want to collect, analyze, or read about survey data with a sound basis for evaluating how each aspect of a survey can affect its precision, accuracy, and credibility

An indispensable international resource for students and researchers of all levels studying the rapidly developing, interdisciplinary field of criminology.

This popular and critically acclaimed Handbook is now available in paperback.

Filled with case studies, ethical dilemmas, reflective questions, discussion questions and suggestions for further reading, this book offers counsellors and psychotherapists guidance on how they can work with risk proactively and positively and provides hints and tips, and links to policy and research to inform good ethical practice along the way.

Combining coverage of all the key areas in penology with subject-specifc study skills advice, this book provides students with the whole package to succeed when studying this topic

"This is a thoughtful update on previous editions; Julier takes time to pick up on 'sticky' issues and explain them in detail without sounding pedantic or over-bearing. This new edition will be a welcome addition to contemporary design culture and of use to designers and students alike." - Dr Juliette MacDonald, Edinburgh College of Art

Fourth edition of bestselling counselling skills book - easy to read, highly practical introductory content, for counselling and health and social care market

An accessible and engaging introduction to sociology to help you understand and make our complex social worlds better.

Since 1997 Representation has been the go-to textbook for students learning the tools to question and critically analyze media texts and images. This long-awaited third edition has been updated throughout to engage with the impact of digital technology and culture, and the changes in political culture, social movements and the cultural industries. The new edition includes: A new preface by Sean Nixon, focusing on digital media, and theories of representation. A new Afterword by Kobena Mercer ...