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Counselling Skills and Theory
This is where you can find an overview of the major approaches in counselling, how they fit together, and how you can integrate them into your practice. It's also your guide to the nature of counselling, the skills needed to be a counsellor and managing the challenges of the counselling
relationship!
This new edition is suitable for a wide range of courses, including Foundation, Certificate, Diploma and Higher Education studies in Counselling. There is discussion of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme with expanded coverage of CBT approaches. It also references the latest
BACP guidelines for counsellor training and best practice. The book reflects the impending requirement for statutory regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists via the Health Professions Council.
Every year the Case Studies, Exercises , Handouts, and Resources tips in this book help thousands of trainees and established practitioners develop their understanding of the theories and practical skills required in this challenging and rewarding profession!
relationship!
This new edition is suitable for a wide range of courses, including Foundation, Certificate, Diploma and Higher Education studies in Counselling. There is discussion of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme with expanded coverage of CBT approaches. It also references the latest
BACP guidelines for counsellor training and best practice. The book reflects the impending requirement for statutory regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists via the Health Professions Council.
Every year the Case Studies, Exercises , Handouts, and Resources tips in this book help thousands of trainees and established practitioners develop their understanding of the theories and practical skills required in this challenging and rewarding profession!
360 pages, Paperback
Published October 24, 2010
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November 17, 2021
I first bought this book as part of my Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills, but never had the chance to read it back to back. It was used mostly as a reference book. Having read it in its entirety, its safe to say that it isn’t likely to be read for leisure. But for its intended purposes, I.e. a textbook on counselling, it more than does the job.
Written in a basic, down-to-Eath style, this book presents the major “schools of thought” present in the counselling world. This book is suitable for every student in the field; from introductory courses through to diploma level. I personally found it very pertinent to the Level 2 and Level 3 CPCAB counselling courses.
This is an excellent teaching aid, with case studies and discussion exercises scattered generously throughout. Helpfully, this book also explains how to maintain a learning journal, something most course providers expect from their students.
Listed at the end of each chapter are handouts, references, recommendations for further reading, and resources.
I liked the balanced mix of theory and skills outlined for each approach; not to mention the limits of each approach. For burgeoning counsellors, the book presents a realistic view: not every approach may suit every client.
Written in a basic, down-to-Eath style, this book presents the major “schools of thought” present in the counselling world. This book is suitable for every student in the field; from introductory courses through to diploma level. I personally found it very pertinent to the Level 2 and Level 3 CPCAB counselling courses.
This is an excellent teaching aid, with case studies and discussion exercises scattered generously throughout. Helpfully, this book also explains how to maintain a learning journal, something most course providers expect from their students.
Listed at the end of each chapter are handouts, references, recommendations for further reading, and resources.
I liked the balanced mix of theory and skills outlined for each approach; not to mention the limits of each approach. For burgeoning counsellors, the book presents a realistic view: not every approach may suit every client.
May 8, 2023
Concise, clear, helped me on my Basics. Recommend to students.
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