Praise for the First Edition
"An excellent book focusing on counseling skills for both helpers and beginner counselors. Written in an easy-to-read and informative style."
-Stephen Palmer, Director, Centre for Stress Management, London and City University
"Basic Counselling Skills is a �?~master-class' in the subject. It brings its readers systematically through the full range of skills needed to be a counselor and adds
some skills that the traditional and well-established texts do not include."
-Michael Carroll,
Visiting Industrial Professor, University of Bristol
"If a basic counseling skills course were to use no other book than this, students would leave with a solid foundation in Counseling Skills and the ability to be competent
helpers."
-Gladeana McMahon, FBACP, part-time Senior Lecturer, Diploma and MA Programmes, University of East London
The
Second Edition of
Basic Counselling Skills: A Helper's Manual is written as a straightforward, step-by-step guide to support the training and practice of
all those people who use counseling skills as part of their role. Short and accessible chapters discuss base principles of the helping relationship, then follow through universal counseling
skills drawing upon a range of experiential activities from across the helping profession.
The book is divided into three parts, and all chapters have been updated for the
Second Edition:
- Part I. Introduction: Lays the groundwork for understanding the use of basic counseling skills across a range of settings
- Part II. Specific Counseling Skills: Introduces a wide range of basic counseling skills. Each chapter describes the skill, provides one or more examples of its use, and then encourages
readers to practice the skill by undertaking one or more activities. The skills covered include: active and attentive listening; structuring the helping process; offering challenges and
giving feedback; facilitating problem-solving; practical strategies for changing thinking, feeling and communication; ending the relationship, and many more
- Part III: Further Considerations: Aims to raise readers' awareness of dealing with clients from different backgrounds, ethical and supervision issues, and how to become more skilled
Key Features
- Offers brevity of content
- Provides practical advice
- Includes a discussion of �?~boundaries' for counselors-something that other books tend to shy away from but which are important ethical issues
Counseling skills are used by professionals and volunteers to help others in a wide range of circumstances and settings, and in this
Second Edition of his bestselling text,
Richard Nelson-Jones offers an ideal book for practitioners, students, and trainees in counseling and a host of other courses in the allied health professions where the teaching and practice of
counseling skills is a prerequisite.
