Acting for Virtue: Using Ancient Principles in Contemporary Counselling Practice (en Inglés)
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What if the missing link in effective counselling is not technique, but character? For thousands of years, philosophers, religious traditions and communities have reflected on the virtues that help people live meaningful and flourishing lives. Acting for Virtue brings this ancient wisdom into contemporary counselling practice. Contributing editors Thomas M. Edwards and Cosimo Chiera bring together experienced counsellors, psychologists, supervisors, educators, researchers and community advocates to explore how virtues such as Courage, Diligence, Wisdom, Honour, Justice and Kindness can enrich assessment, case conceptualisation and therapeutic intervention. Across fourteen chapters, contributors consider the role of virtue in work with narcissism, adolescent identity, depression, trauma, addiction, couples and families, cross-cultural counselling, spirituality, honour and shame, and community wellbeing. The book is designed for reflective professional use, with client stories and vignettes, insight and clinical questions, practical counselling skills and activities. Five appendices provide additional assessment resources, including a Client Virtue Profile and the Wisdom Wheel. Rather than treating virtue as an abstract philosophical idea, Acting for Virtue presents it as a living framework for helping clients build meaning, resilience, connection and purpose. It is written for counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, supervisors, students and other helping professionals.