Professor William West

Professor William West is a Visiting Professor to the University of Chester and Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Counselling Studies at the University of Manchester, where he was most noted for his interest in counselling and spirituality and for his work with doctorate and PhD students. William has written 34 academic papers, 22 book chapters and 35 professional articles. He has (co-) written/edited 7 books, the most recent one being Extending horizons in helping and caring therapies: Beyond the liminal in the healing encounter, co-edited with Greg Nolan and to be published by Routledge in late 2019. William remains passionately interested in the overlap between counselling and religious pastoral care.