Counselling Skills and Theory 5th Edition

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Navigate your way easily with the book's clear language and structure which breaks the subject into manageable chunks of information. On a train journey the Edinburgh, I sat and listened to two strangers opposite me having a conversation. Understand the ways in which neuroscience helps us understand the beneficial effects of counselling and psychotherapy with the regular references throughout the book. It's almost like a work book and you'll find that there are sections to the book directly relevant to units within your level 2/3. Building rapport with clients in counselling is important, whatever model of counselling the counsellor is working with.

This series of books is Julie’s way of contributing to the spread of TA knowledge, especially to those who lack access to TA books and journals. Trust this bestselling resource to provide you with the clearest overview of the major approaches in counselling.

Use text-to-speech to make the content more accessible to students and improve comprehension and pronunciation. This includes the counsellor listening to silences as well as words, sitting with them and recognising that the silences may facilitate the counselling process. Easy to read, clear and concise, this full colour updated edition will take you from learning to application with a variety of group tasks and case studies to explore and evaluate. This new edition contains a wide range of learning tasks and reflection points to enable readers to work individually or with learning partners to deepen self-awareness, theoretical understanding, and practical skills.

The issue of personal therapy in the training of counsellors and counselling psychologists has long been debated and is still being discussed. It was not on my reading list for college, but im very glad i bought it because i have gained more information from it than any other book i bought from my reading list.Through active listening, rapport is built, trust forms and the speaker feels heard and understood by the counsellor or listener. She has been a counselling trainer and tutor with students from many different backgrounds, as well as having extensive experience as a therapist and supervisor. It will fast become your indispensible guide to the nature of counselling across the many specialisations.

Julie uses her extensive knowledge and experience to interpret the numerous ideas, frameworks, structures and developments of TA theory, from its Bernian roots to the present day, interspersing this with her own original ideas, reviews and critiques. Seamlessly move between the printed view for front-of-class teaching and the interactive view for independent study. Using immediacy means that the therapist reveals how they themselves are feeling in response to the client. The client may have mentioned a range of issues and problems and focusing allows the counsellor and client together to clear away some of the less important surrounding material and concentrate on the central issues of concern. Consequently, the second passenger spoke about a lot of personal issues to a stranger on a train because the first passenger knew ‘the art of listening’.The listener showed a non-judgmental attitude, was patient and only asked questions to clarify their understanding. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.