Introduction to Counselling Skills
Text and Activities
- Richard Nelson-Jones - Fellow of the British Psychological Society and of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
From leading skills expert Richard Nelson-Jones, this bestselling book is the ideal companion for any trainer or trainee wanting to acquire and develop the counseling skills key to effective therapeutic relationships.
Using an easy to follow, three-stage model, this Fourth Edition provides the answers to those all important questions:
- What are counseling skills and why are they important?
- How can I become more skilled and put the skills I have learnt into practice?
- What skills will help me manage crises and work effectively with diversity, ethical issues and dilemmas?
- How can I help my client to develop their own self-helping skills and maintain change after the counseling relationship has terminated?
Accessible, practical and concise, this new edition is packed full of up-to-date case examples, more material on self-care and diversity, as well as a brand new chapter on "Using Technology in Counselling". This is the ideal text for introductory courses in counseling skills, counseling and other professional areas including health care, management, education and social work.
This is an excellent introductory text for health care students. The text is practical and very accessible. There are good case studies to aid understanding and application.
Excellent up date to an already excellent text. Recommended
This book is an essential text for the 10 week introduction to Counselling course currently running on the Joint Honours in Education programme.
This book presents as a useful aid to helping students understand and differentiate between helping and counselling. An easy to understand text, that explores the role of society in shaping the human psyche and offers an explanation as to why more and more individuals are turning to counselling in its professional meaning. A very well written text whether in healthcare, teaching or as professional counsellors.
- New chapter by Jane Evans
- More case studies from multi-cultural settings
- Annotated bibliography
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