Theory and Practice of HIV Counselling

First published in 1993. This new handbook clearly describes the theory and practice of systemic HIV counselling; identifying, assessing and managing problems. It combines theory, practice, dialogue and case examples. The approach is sympathetic to time pressures in clinics or community agencies; this ’survival kit’ will help health care workers worldwide develop counselling skills. This book is for those involved in the professional care of persons with HIV, some of whom may be specialist counsellors, although the majority may be doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists and those from allied professions who counsel patients as part of their daily work.

Robert Bor is both a clinical and a counselling psychologist and lectures at the City University, London. Riva Miller, a medical social worker, counsels in the Haemophilia Centre and is the HIV Counselling Co-ordinator for the Royal Free Hospital, London.Eleanor Goldman is a haematologist, who treats patients with inherited bleeding.