Counselling Skills and Theory 5th Edition

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On a train journey the Edinburgh, I sat and listened to two strangers opposite me having a conversation.

Trusted author Margaret Hough updates this bestselling resource that will provide you with the clearest introduction to the major approaches in counselling. This new edition contains a wide range of learning tasks and reflection points to enable readers to work individually or with learning partners to deepen self-awareness, theoretical understanding, and practical skills.Access the eBook offline on any device – in school, at home or on the move – with the Boost eBooks app (available on Android and iOS). To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

After you purchase your eBook, you will need to download VitalSource Bookshelf, a free app or desktop version here. John McLeod is Emeritus Professor of Counselling at Abertay University Dundee, and Visiting Professor at the Institute for Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy in Dublin, Ireland.Use text-to-speech to make the content more accessible to students and improve comprehension and pronunciation. The stylist listened patiently, did not judge or offer advice and seemed to understand her difficulty and paid attention. The client may have mentioned a range of issues and problems and focusing allows the counsellor and client together to clear away some of the less important surrounding material and concentrate on the central issues of concern. Counselling skills are really ‘ the art of listening’ and are practised by any number of people in any number of work roles, not just in counselling. Consequently, the second passenger spoke about a lot of personal issues to a stranger on a train because the first passenger knew ‘the art of listening’.

Now in full colour to bring this fascinating and complex subject to life, this fully updated new edition outlines the major approaches, how they interrelate and how you can integrate them into practice. At the same time, she hopes that reading what she has written will prompt readers to go back to some of the original publications rather than relying only on her interpretation of what another author has written.It's easy to find what you're looking for, would definitely recommend it if you're interested in counselling or studying it.