Introduction to counselling skills: texts and activities

List of activities

Preface

'Guided tour' of pedagogical features

Part 1. Introduction

1. Who are counsellors and helpers?

2. Creating communication skills and feelings

3. Creating mind skills

4. The counselling and helping process

5. Counselling and helping relationships

Part 2. The Relating Stage

6. Understanding the internal frame of reference

7. Showing attention and interest

8. Reflecting feelings

9. Starting the counselling and helping process

10. Managing resistance and making referrals

Part 3. The Understanding Stage

11. Assessing feelings and physical reactions

12. Assessing thinking

13. Assessing communication and actions

14. Challenges, feedback and self-disclosure

15. Monitoring, summarizing and identifying skills

Part 4. The Changing Stage

16. Helping to solve problems

17. Coaching skills: speaking, demonstrating and rehearsing

18. Improving communication and actions

19. Improving thinking

20. Negotiating homework

21. Conducting middle sessions

22. Terminating counselling and helping

Part 5. Further Considerations

23. Relaxation interventions

24. Managing crises

25. Diversity in counselling and helping

26. Ethical issues and dilemmas

27. Training groups, supervision and support

28. Counselling theory and research

29. Becoming more skilled and human

Glossary

References

Name index

Subject index