A Practical Guide to Counselling
Help Others Make Sense of Life
Published on 7. November 2013
224 pages
978-1-84831-628-7 (ISBN)
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Introducing Counselling - A Practical Guide brings you expert insights and proven techniques from the counselling profession for improving well-being, relationships and happiness. Full of practical exercises, case studies and useful tips, it is a down-to-earth, accessible introduction to this life-changing practice.
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Dr Alistair Ross is a BACP accredited counsellor and supervisor, Chair of the BACP's Professional Ethics and Quality Standards Committee, and a director of studies in Psychodynamic Studies and Psychology at the University of Oxford. Since 2002 he has also led the MA in Psychodynamic Counselling at the University of Birmingham.
Content
- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright information
- About the author
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART ONE: ?Counselling in context
- 1. Why people don't go for counselling (and that might include you)?
- 2. Counselling - what is it?
- 3. What's in a name?
- 4. Where did counselling come from?
- 5. Counselling - what does it do?
- 6. Values, ethics and boundaries in counselling
- PART TWO: ?Counselling skills in practice
- 7. Starting with the self
- 8. Attentive listening
- 9. Establishing a relationship
- 10. Feeling safe and confidentiality
- 11. Using questions, exploring, clarifying, summarizing and paraphrasing
- 12. Affirmation, empathy, respect and non-judgement
- 13. Finding focus and identifying steps forward
- 14. Exploring silence, the unconscious, and creating a sense of presence
- Acknowledgements
- Further Reading
- Index
