Basic counselling skills : a helper's manual /
By: Nelson-Jones, Richard [author.].
Publisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2016Edition: Fourth edition.Description: viii, 199 pages ; 28 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781473912984; 9781473912991.Subject(s): Counseling | Psychology![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184) and index.
Who are counsellors and helpers? -- What are basic counselling skills? -- Helpers and helpees as diverse persons -- What you bring to counselling and helping -- The helping relationship -- The helping process -- Understanding the internal frame of reference -- Showing attention and interest -- Paraphrasing and reflecting feelings -- Starting, structuring and summarizing -- Asking questions -- Monitoring -- Offering challenges and feedback -- Self-disclosing -- Managing resistances and making referrals -- Facilitating problem solving -- Coaching, demonstrating and rehearsing -- Improving helpees' self-talk -- Improving helpees' rules -- Improving helpees' perceptions -- Negotiating homework -- Conducting middle sessions -- Ending helping -- Introduction to relaxation -- Managing crises -- Ethical issues and dilemmas -- Multicultural and gender aware helping -- Getting support and being supervised -- Becoming more skilled -- Appendixes: 1. Annotated bibliography -- 2. Professional associations in Britain, Australia and USA.
For all who use counselling skills as part of their role, this manual offers a step-by-step guide. Divided into concise learning units, the book describes each skill and gives examples of its use in practice.