Next Steps in Counselling Practice (2nd edn): A students' companion for degrees, HE diplomas and vocational courses
ISBN 978 1 898059 66 0 (2009)
This textbook is the second edition of the follow-on to First Steps in Counselling – the first edition has been a bestseller every year for twelve years.
Now completely revised and updated for the twenty-first century, this reasonably priced book is suitable for those studying counselling and psychotherapy from intermediate level, through HE diploma up to degree courses. It is a companion to accompany the reader as they progress through a wide range of courses. Its approachable, interactive style made it a favourite at colleges, universities and institutes throughout the UK. The new edition runs to over 370 pages, features a new page layout and is packed with side notes, activities, notes from practice and vignettes featuring the lives of fictional characters. New sections on research and the contexts of counselling plus a huge amount of other new material complete this impressive book.
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. The book is unique within the field, written in a very accessible, personal and interactive style and includes reflective exercises, vignettes from counselling practice, suggestions for further reading and a running glossary of terms used. Highly recommended. Peter Pearce, Metanoia Institute
Introductions
1 Getting your bearings
1.1 Thinking about human helping
1.2 Thinking about human distress and problems
2 The helping relationship
2.1 Making contact
2.2 Client problems
2.3 The counsellor prepares to help
2.4 Acceptance
2.5 Empathy
2.6 The client is aware of the conditions
2.7 Putting it all together
3 The relationship in action
3.1 Setting up and getting started: structuring and contracting
3.2 Assessment, and diagnosis
3.3 Listening, exploring and action
3.4 Direction, other perspectives, questions and challenge
3.5 Counselling in difficult situations
3.6 Referral and ending
4 Context and settings
4.1 Counselling in the 21st Century
4.2 Counselling in the real world
4.3 Counselling as complementary skill
5 Personal and professional development
5.1 Ethics, safety and accountability5.2 Support and supervision
5.3 Personal and professional development
5.4 Reflection, evaluation and research
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, University of Strathclyde
This book will be the perfect companion for Diploma and Certificates courses in HE. Everything is covered at the right level, with 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, University of East Anglia.
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. The book is unique within the field, written in a very accessible, personal and interactive style and includes reflective exercises, vignettes from counselling practice, suggestions for further reading and a running glossary of terms used. Highly recommended. Peter Pearce, Metanoia Institute
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