Counselling skills are really ‘ the art of listening’ and are practised by any number of people in any number of work roles, not just in counselling. Access the eBook offline on any device – in school, at home or on the move – with the Boost eBooks app (available on Android and iOS). To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

After you purchase your eBook, you will need to download VitalSource Bookshelf, a free app or desktop version here. Use text-to-speech to make the content more accessible to students and improve comprehension and pronunciation. This is achieved by the helper/counsellor by both repeating and feeding a shorter version of their story back to the client. The stylist listened patiently, did not judge or offer advice and seemed to understand her difficulty and paid attention.To avoid sounding like a parrot, it's better to use your own words when summarising or paraphrasing. John McLeod is Emeritus Professor of Counselling at Abertay University Dundee, and Visiting Professor at the Institute for Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy in Dublin, Ireland. On a train journey the Edinburgh, I sat and listened to two strangers opposite me having a conversation.

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. It will fast become your indispensible guide to the nature of counselling across the many specialisations. 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. In most European countries a certain number of hours of personal therapy are mandatory to qualify for admission to the profession. 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.

Building rapport with clients in counselling is important, whatever model of counselling the counsellor is working with.

It's easy to find what you're looking for, would definitely recommend it if you're interested in counselling or studying it. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Trusted author Margaret Hough updates this bestselling resource that will provide you with the clearest introduction to the major approaches in counselling. 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 qualification is designed for anyone who’d like to develop their use of counselling skills for use in either work or in a personal capacity.Others argue that personal therapy is an integral part of training for future therapists revealing the characters and personalities of those who are fit or unfit to practice this profession. 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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.