Susan Dale – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Author

Susan Dale works as a counsellor, researcher and writer in private practice and is editor of the BACP’s Thresholds journal. Following the completion of a doctorate in education specialising in narrative and life story research, she has published widely in academic journals, on counselling and narrative practices, and is the author of Where Angels Fear to Tread: An Exploration of having Conversations about Suicide in a Counselling Context (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010) and Songs at Twilight: A Narrative Exploration of Living with a Visual Impairment and the Effect this has on Claims to Identity (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011).

Author's books

Songs at Twilight

A Narrative Exploration of Living with a Visual Impairment and the Effect this has on Claims to Identity

By: Susan Dale

£39.99

A visually impaired author and thirty contributors explore their experiences of living with a visual impairment and its effect on their identity. Through collaborative narrative, they challenge sighted assumptions about blindness.

The Secret Keepers

Narratives Exploring the Inter and Transgenerational Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Violence

By: Susan Dale

£39.99

Secrecy around childhood abuse creates a traumatic legacy passed through generations. This book demonstrates the use of narrative as a therapeutic process, finding creative ways for people to break the silence and live beyond being defined by abuse and violence.

Threads of Hope

Counselling and Emotional Support Services for Communities in Crisis

By: Susan Dale

From £24.99

This book uses a collaborative narrative research process to explore the lived experiences of one specific group of community members who responded to a traumatic event by setting up, and running, a therapeutic project to support the community between 2012 and 2014.

Where Angels Fear to Tread

An Exploration of having Conversations about Suicide in a Counselling Context

By: Susan Dale

£34.99

Where Angels Fear to Tread highlights the ethical and emotional challenges for counsellors when clients become suicidal. It explores the tension between protective professional guidelines and the needs of a client in overwhelming pain, told through narrative research.