Main description:

Practical Counselling and Helping is a practical, jargon-free guide to counselling. It offers clear information about how counselling and helping may be put into practice, whilst acknowledging and discussing its limitations.Contents include: what is counselling and helping? basic counselling and helping strategies handling difficult situations further personal development.Drawing from a range of counselling methods, and offering a useful and detailed reading list, Practical Counselling and Helping will appeal to all students in the health professions and to all those professionals requiring a clear account of how they might improve their own communication skills.

Contents:

Chapter 1 What is counselling and helping?; Chapter 2 Why counsel or help?; Chapter 3 Listening as the basis of counselling and helping; Chapter 4 Models of the person; Chapter 5 Basic counselling and helping strategies; Chapter 6 Handling difficult situations; Chapter 7 Looking after yourself; Chapter 8 Further personal development; Chapter 9 Concluding points;