Essential Counseling Skills: Practice and Application Guide

by Sandy L. Magnuson, Ken Norem

Essential Counseling Practice and Application Guide offers practical, step-by-step guidance for developing and applying the skills necessary for careers in counseling. Using the metaphor of a professional journey, this guide provides commentary and background information throughout, as readers are directed in their development of such key counseling skills as empathy, building relationships, case conceptualization, and facilitating change. Deep reflection is further encouraged at every key stage through the integration of theory with a wealth of applied exercises and examples.

176 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2014

Reviews

[Analie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was surprisingly enjoyable for a textbook. It's organized in a whimsical way, like a journey with 7 "tours" that survey counseling skills from the first appointment all the way to termination. I read it as a graduate student and used my library's e-book. However, I wished I had purchased a paper copy because the questions with journaling sections for reflection were so valuable.