Learning to counsel : how to develop the skills, insight and knowledge to counsel others

Text includes: Exploring counselling; Exploring essential counsellor qualities; Developing self-awareness; Helping the client feel safe; Helping the client explore the problem; Helping the client understand the problem; Terminating the counselling relationship; Counsellor self-care; Introduction to four counselling approaches.

Includes appendices, glossary and useful websites.

Appendix 1: Sample forms and letters; Appendix 2: Suggested responses to exercises

Drawing on their numerous years experience as counsellors, tutors, and writers, Jan Sutton and William Stewart introduce readers to the basic principles that underpin counselling practice. Written in a clear, concise and jargon-free style, and with its wealth of case studies, examples of skills in practice, and practical exercises, this is an ideal text for those embarking on a counselling or psychotherapy course, trainee counsellors, counselling tutors to use in training, professionals working in the area of health care, management and education, and counsellors working in the voluntary sector. It provides insight into various counselling approaches; clarifies the nature of counselling and the role of the counsellor, and assists readers to develop a repertoire of key counselling skills and qualities, such as active listening, genuineness, unconditional positive regard, empathy, goal-setting, etc.