Learning and Writing in Counselling

Mhairi MacMillan, Dot Clark

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 1998
• Print ISBN: 9780761950639, 9780761950622
• eBook ISBN: 9781849206853
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Education in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

`This is a very practical "how to" book, written for students on counselling skills courses. It is intended to help them through the various problems faced by people returning to education, perhaps after a long gap.... how useful this book could be to students who [are] confused by the increasingly academic requirements of counselling training courses... I would recommend this book as a companion for anyone who is starting a course with little or no experience of academic expectations. It is written in a friendly and reassuring style? - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the tasks and the processes of learning and writing required on counselling training courses and in the practice of counselling. The authors cover the entire period of training, from choosing a course to the early stages of professional practice.

The first part of the book discusses learning skills, methods and approaches, looking at, for example, the context for learning, motivation and experiential learning. Part Two focuses on course requirements, the form of written assignments - how to complete them and the difficulties that can be encountered - as well as the basics of writing, including language, form and style. The final part looks at the involvement of practising counsellors in continued learning and the kinds of writing that they may develop throughout their careers.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Introduction
• Part I - Learning
• 1 - At the Beginning
• 2 - The Training Course
• 3 - Learning Style in a Learning Community
• 4 - Skills and Techniques
• 5 - Experiential Learning
• Part II - Communicating Learning
• 6 - How Do I Know What I Mean Unless I Say (Or Write) It?
• 7 - The Requirements of the Course: Assessment
• 8 - Starting to Write
• 9 - Writing Takes Form
• 10 - Using Other People 's Work
• 11 - Problems, Problems, Problems
• 12 - Motivation, Concentration and Writing Block
• 13 - Writing A bout Practice
• Part III - Continuing to Learn and to Write
• 14 - Beyond the Training Course
• 15 - Continuing to Write
• 16 - Our Experience of Writing this Book
• Appendix - A Summary of Basic Guidelines for Writing Assignments
• References
• Index