Machine generated contents note: 1.Contemporary Therapeutic Practice -- Therapy and ethics -- `Practical wisdom' in therapy -- Therapy and consumerism -- Practising therapy ethically, creatively - and `safely' -- 2.Cornerstones of Therapy -- Balancing safety and creativity -- The philosophical and theoretical frame -- Boundaries in therapeutic practice -- The therapeutic relationship -- Methodologies or styles of intervention -- The therapist's need for self-care and self-compassion -- 3.Creating and Maintaining Therapy Agreements -- Making an initial agreement with your client -- Personalising the therapeutic agreement -- Re-contracting: the review and renewal of agreements -- Ending a therapeutic agreement -- 4.Framing the Therapeutic Process -- An aesthetics of therapy: the language of frames -- The environmental frame -- The contractual frame and the therapeutic alliance -- The embodied relational frame -- Extending therapeutic frames --

Contents note continued: 5.Dealing with Mistakes in Therapeutic Practice -- The inevitability of making mistakes -- Minimising mistakes in the therapeutic field -- Ethical review as a support for safe and creative practice -- How complaints can arise -- The role of mediation in resolving complaints -- 6.Reviewing your Practice and Looking Forward -- Conducting a personal and professional practice review -- What kind of therapist am I? -- How can I take an overview of my practice? -- How do I balance safety and creativity in my everyday practice? -- How well supported would I be if something went wrong? -- Am I developing practical wisdom as a therapist? -- Resources -- 1.Card index summary -- 2.Initial meeting and assessment proforma -- 3.Process session notes proforma -- 4.Process session notes - an example -- 5.Contract example A: health centre counselling contract -- 6.Contract example B: psychotherapy contract --

Contents note continued: 7.Contract example C: Hillside Therapy Centre: client agreement -- 8.Contract example D: Jones & Co. employee assistance programme -- 9.Therapeutic executor - UKAHPP guidelines -- 10.Extracts from the UKAHPP complaints procedure.