Inside Counselling: Becoming and Being a Professional Counsellor

by Anthony Crouch

Anthony Crouch examines the internal and subjective reality of being a counsellor. Using a series of vignettes, rather than case studies, Crouch builds in all participant perspectives, counsellor, client and supervisor... [the book] proves to be eminently readable, like a good novel. And like a good novel, as opposed to merely a "good read," it takes the reader into the world of its characters so that we might understand them. From the outset, Crouch asserts that the effective counsellor is one who can enter the intimate subjectivity of the client and use that reality as a catalyst for change and growth. By the same token the counsellor should grow through that interaction. The book also contains a series of challenging personal developmen

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

This should be THE go-to book for personal development modules in counselling courses. It has what seems to me a really original and unique layout that gives you everything you could want (except maybe pictures). It includes many of the types of things that can come up for someone when they are going through their counselling training and these are laid out in very practical ways: journal entries, class transcripts, personal counseling transcripts, questions to consider, self-exploration writing exercises for your journal etc. (all invented of course!)

Absolutely brilliant, would recommend it to anyone during their counseling / psychotherapy training.

[Steven Berger · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's ok, some interesting views and perspectives, but the constant switching of voices, and the presented internal dialogue and conflict was something I struggled to read through to get the information | wanted from the book.