
- 280 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Counselling Skills
About this book
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.
It defines counselling skills and introduces key skills including: listening and responding skills, empathy and different models, tools and techniques. Further chapters explore the importance of skills practice and self-awareness; ethics, boundaries and confidentiality; working remotely; working with difference and diversity, and different professional roles.
Throughout, case studies show you how these skills can make a difference in practice, while exercises, including a student journal feature, help you reflect on your own attitudes to enhance your reflective practice.
This book is an accessible guide to the BACP counselling skills competence framework for trainee counsellors and those using counselling skills as part of another professional role.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- About the Author
- Foreword
- Chapter One What are Counselling Skills?
- Chapter Two Listening
- Chapter Three Responding Skills
- Chapter Four Skills Practice for Counselling Skills and Helping Sessions
- Chapter Five Empathy
- Chapter Six Equality, Diversity, Discrimination and Inclusion
- Chapter Seven Helping Relationships and Sessions
- Chapter Eight Ethics, boundaries and confidentiality
- Chapter Nine Models, Tools and Techniques
- Chapter Ten Professional Roles
- Chapter Eleven Using counselling skills remotely
- Chapter Twelve Self-awareness, Personal Qualities and Feelings
- Chapter Thirteen Professional Support, Guidance and Self-care
- Appendix II A Guide to the BACP Counselling Skills Competence Framework
- Appendix III Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions
- References
- Index