When contracting with clients, practitioners need to consider a whole range of factors including: goals of counselling; theoretical orientation; brief or open-ended counselling; different personality types; and ethical and legal issues. This book provides a unique guide to the nature of counselling contracts, why they are needed and how they are made. For the Second Edition the book has been thoroughly updated to take account of the BACP ethical framework. Two new chapters have been added covering the legal aspects of contracting, and how to make contracts with trainees.

PART ONE: AN OVERVIEW
Introduction: The Therapy Contract - Charlotte Sills
A Mutual Commitment
Contracts and Contract Making - Charlotte Sills
PART TWO: THEORETICAL APPROACHES
The Use of Contracts in the Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Approach - Michael Jacobs
Cognitive Therapy - Frank Wills
A Down-to-earth and Accessible Approach
Contracting within Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy - Mike Worral
PART THREE: TYPES AND CONSIDERATIONS
Outcome-Focused Contracts - Ian Stewart
Process Contracts - Adrienne Lee
Contracts and Harmful Behaviour - Geoff Mothersole
Making Contracts with Different Personality Types - Charlotte Sills and Max Wide
Contracts, Ethics and the Law - Peter Jenkins
PART FOUR: CONTRACTS AND CONTEXTS
Contracts, Complexity and Challenge - Keith Tudor
Choosing a Time-limited Counselling or Psychotherapy Contract - Jenifer Elton Wilson
Therapy Contracts with Trainee Practitioners - Brigid Proctor and Charlotte Sills
Contracting in Supervision - Brigid Proctor