COVER -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- HOW TO USE THIS BOOK -- INTRODUCTION Why and for whom this book was written -- PART I THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING: FINDING YOUR FEET AT THE "COALFACE" -- Introduction to Part I -- CHAPTER ONE Setting the scene of primary care counselling against the backdrop of a rapidly-evolving NHS service -- CHAPTER TWO Valuing what you bring tothe primary care setting as an experienced or newly graduated counsellor -- CHAPTER THREE Introduction and induction into the GP surgery -- CHAPTER FOUR Finding your place in the medical organizational "family" -- CHAPTER FIVE Medical model vs. psychological model -- CHAPTER SIX The primary care counsellor's support systems -- CHAPTER SEVEN Whose needs are being met? -- PART II THE PRACTICE OF COUNSELLING AND THE IMPACT OF THE SETTING - THEORY AND PRACTICE: WORKING AT THE "COALFACE" -- Introduction to Part II -- CHAPTER EIGHT Time and how we use it: assessing what is appropriate for the patient -- CHAPTER NINE Assessment -- CHAPTER TEN Use of psychotropic drugs, their probable impact upon counselling, and their side effects -- CHAPTER ELEVEN The contract -- CHAPTER TWELVE Approaches to different categories of patient and presenting problem -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Waiting lists, endings, and referring on -- ENDNOTES A short introduction to the neuroscience of psychotherapy -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.