Introduction to Counselling Skills: Text and Activities - Softcover

Nelson-Jones, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761961860 ISBN 13: 9780761961864

Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1999

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`This is one of the few books which aims to consider counselling skills from a more interactive perspective. For those in the stress management field this is just the sort of book which will prove useful in gaining additional listening, communicating and helping skills′- Gladeana McMahon, Stress News

`As a course book or an aide to individual learning this book contains a wealth of information and guidance based on years of study and practice. It is easy to use because it is clearly signposted. I particularly like the way the author addresses the range of issues a student needs to consider before embarking on a counselling course. The structure of building block by block, skill by skill, simplifies assessment′ - Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal

This practical and engaging textbook is for use on introductory courses aimed at developing fundamental counselling skills. Combining explanations, examples and activities, the book will be invaluable in a wide range of educational, voluntary and professional settings. Whether intending to work as counsellors or to use counselling skills in other professional roles, students will find this an essential source of information and guidance.

Richard Nelson-Jones demonstrates the central importance of warm and humane helping relationships, and encourages students to use their hearts as well as their heads in developing their counselling skills. The book explains: what counselling skills are; how to improve listening skills; ways of clarifying and expanding understanding; changing communications, actions and thinking; how to conduct sessions; and ethical issues.

Each chapter incorporates a list of intended outcomes, a summary and practical activities to help students in their learning. Examples and case studies are included throughout and a glossary of terms is provided.

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Richard Nelson-Jones was born in London in 1936. Having spent five years in California as a Second World War refugee, he returned in the 1960s to obtain a Masters and Ph.D from Stanford University. In 1970, he was appointed a lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of Aston to establish a Diploma in Counselling in Educational Settings, which started enrolling students in 1971. During the 1970s, he was helped by having three Fulbright Professors from the United States, each for a year, who both taught students and improved his skills. During this period he broadened out from a predominantly client-centred orientation to becoming much more cognitive-behavioural. He also wrote numerous articles and the first edition of what is now The Theory and Practice of Counselling and Therapy, which was published in 1982. In addition, he chaired the British Psychological Society′s Working Party on Counselling and, in1982, became the first chairperson of the BPS Counselling Psychology Section.

In 1984, he took up a position as a counselling and later counselling psychology trainer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, where he became an Associate Professor. He continued writing research articles, articles on professional issues and books, which were published in London and Sydney. As when he worked at Aston University, he also counselled clients to keep up his skills. In 1997, he retired from RMIT and moved to Chiang Mai in Thailand. There, as well as doing some counselling and teaching, he has continued as an author of counselling and counselling psychology textbooks. A British and Australian citizen, he now divides his time between Chiang Mai and London and regularly visits Australia.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0761961860
• ISBN 13: 9780761961864
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352
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