Next Steps in Counselling Practice: A students' companion for degrees, HE diplomas and vocational courses: A Students' Companion for Certificate and Counselling Skills Courses [Paperback]

A fantastically engaging, comprehensive and down-to-earth guide to counselling practice. Animated throughout with exercises, notes from experts in the field, and vignettes of clients and therapeutic work, the book makes an ideal all-in-one-guide for trainee counsellors. --Mick Cooper, Professor of Counselling, Strathclyde University

This complete revision of the best selling first edition is destined to become a core text both for students on professional counselling trainings and for those developing their competence in using counselling skills as part of a related profession. The book is unique within the field, written in a very accessible, personal and interactive style and is laid out to cover key themes which focus on the development of good counselling practice. It helpfully includes reflective exercises, vignettes from counselling practice, suggestions for further reading and a running glossary of terms used. An invaluable companion to training, the book will provide a much needed foundation for students making the often daunting next step from practicing their counselling skills to beginning real face to face counselling practice. Highly recommended. --Peter Pearce, Metanoia Institute

Next Steps in Counselling almost constitutes a counselling training course in its own right. The material is wide ranging covering many of the areas I consider necessary for the trainee counsellor. The experienced counsellor might also gain learning from the book, and counsellor trainers should at least give it a passing glance. Although the content is close and compact, the reader is neither overwhelmed nor confused by the ideas offered. This is because the text is organised into manageable, meal sized chunks of information and suggestions. The layout of the book, as with the others in this series, encourages the reader to follow up particular areas of interest with further explanations, experiences of the authors and additional reading suggestions. I would recommend this book without hesitation to any practitioner. --Sheila Haugh, Leeds Metropolitan University

This book will be the perfect companion for Diploma and Certificates courses in HE. Everything is covered at the right level, with additional notes, case studies and lots of new material covering current debates and controversies, firmly locating counselling and relationship based helping in the 21st century. The references are bang up-to-date. Our tutor team agree this will be an excellent new resource. --Louise Young, Academic Director, Univeristy of East Anglia

Next Steps in Counselling almost constitutes a counselling training course in its own right. The material is wide ranging covering many of the areas I consider necessary for the trainee counsellor. The experienced counsellor might also gain learning from the book, and counsellor trainers should at least give it a passing glance. Although the content is close and compact, the reader is neither overwhelmed nor confused by the ideas offered. This is because the text is organised into manageable, meal sized chunks of information and suggestions. The layout of the book, as with the others in this series, encourages the reader to follow up particular areas of interest with further explanations, experiences of the authors and additional reading suggestions. I would recommend this book without hesitation to any practitioner. --Sheila Haugh, Leeds Metropolitan University

This book will be the perfect companion for Diploma and Certificates courses in HE. Everything is covered at the right level, with additional notes, case studies and lots of new material covering current debates and controversies, firmly locating counselling and relationship based helping in the 21st century. The references are bang up-to-date. Our tutor team agree this will be an excellent new resource. --Louise Young, Academic Director, Univeristy of East Anglia

It is . . . well constructed, accessible and personal. There are excellent chapters on questions and on ending. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.