Practical advice, reflections on the counselling process, helpful summaries and points for discussion are highlighted throughout. Counsellors, trainees, supervisors and other health and social care professionals dealing with relationships will find this book valuable reading. Men who have encountered difficult relationships with their mothers are also likely to gain greater insight and find support through reading this book.

Introduction
Counselling session 1 - beginnings and introductions
Counselling session 2 - 'seen and not heard'
Counselling session 3 - 'I'm wondering if counselling is really right for me?'
Counselling session 4 - reactions to his father's death
Supervision 1
Counselling session 5 - discomfort within the therapeutic relationship
Counselling session 6 - cancelled appointment
Counselling session 7 - a memory surfaces, 'can I have a drink of water?'
Supervision session 2
Counselling session 8 - 'why didn't she love me' and a cathartic release
Counselling session 9 - 'what is love?', and the client reacts to questioning
Counselling session 10 - learning to feel loved
Supervision session 3
Counselling session 11 - a night in the cells, time to move on
Counselling session 12 - the truth revealed, Peter is left confused
Peter reflects on his experience so far
Michael reflects on his experience as Peter's counsellor