This practical bestseller from leading expert Richard Nelson-Jones introduces the essential counselling skills for the helping professions. Now in its fourth edition, it guides you through the key skills for helping work across a range of settings, such as counselling, nursing, social work, youth work, education and many more. It explores 17 key counselling skills, including: -asking questions -monitoring -facilitating problem solving -negotiating homework Each chapter describes a particular skill, illustrates it using clear case examples across a range of settings and then helps you consolidate and practise what you've learned through a set of creative activities. Further chapters cover professional issues including a new chapter on managing crises and chapters on ethical dilemmas, supervision, working with diversity and more.
While designed for counselors and therapists in the beginning of their careers, even veterans in the field will find value in this updated edition.
Deal with fact (DWF) – one of my favourites. DWF is allowing ourselves to deal with things when they have happened rather than worrying about what could, what might or what if. It is helping students to set up a support network to deal ...
This counselling skills book will equip you with the necessary knowledge, skills and qualities to work with people in a range of different roles and settings.
Basic Counselling Skills: A Student Guide
This book provides a theoretically informed understanding of the core skills required to provide counselling interventions that work.
`As a course book or an aide to individual learning this book contains a wealth of information and guidance based on years of study and practice.
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 ...
Ryan is a 23-year-old man, the second child in a chaotic family, where his father was frequently absent and his mother was often nervous, possessive and jealous. His father eventually left and his mother was finally sectioned.
This is the second edition of a book that I hope continues to be of practical value.
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