Basic Counselling Skills: A Helper's Manual

by Richard Nelson-Jones (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.25

  `An excellent book focusing on counselling skills for both helpers and beginner counsellors. Written in an easy-to-read and informative style' - Stephen Palmer, Director, Centre for Stress Management, London and City University

  `Basic Counselling Skills is a master-class in the subject. It brings its readers systematically through the full range of skills needed to be a counsellor and adds some skills that the traditional and well-established texts do not include' - Michael Carroll, Visiting Industrial Professor, University of Bristol

  `If a basic counselling skills course were to use no other book than this, students would leave with a solid foundation in Counselling Skills and the ability to be competent helpers' - Gladeana McMahon, FBACP, part-time Senior Lecturer, Diploma and MA Programmes, University of East London

  Basic Counselling Skills is a step-by-step guide for all who use counselling skills as part of their role. Counselling skills are used by professionals and volunteers to help others in a wide range of circumstances and settings - including health care, social work, education and agencies, which provide specific advice and support to the public. The supports the training and practice of such helpers, by providing a straightforward introduction to counselling skills.

  Divided into concise learning units, the book describes each skill and gives examples of its use in practice. Activities are also provided for practising skills as they are introduced. The skills covered include:

  - active and attentive listening

  - structuring the helping process

  - offering challenges and giving feedback

  - facilitating problem-solving

  - practical strategies for changing thinking, feeling and communication

  - ending the relationship.

• Used

  Paperback
  2007

  $15.42

  `The First Edition of Basic Counselling Skills was a master class that brought its readers systematically through the full range of skills needed for counselling or helping. I am pleased to say that this new edition is an updated master class in the same subject' - Michael Carroll, Visiting Industrial Professor, University of Bristol

  `In this new edition of his book, Basic Counselling Skills, Richard Nelson Jones has managed to make his work even more accessible to the reader and build upon what was already an excellent introduction to Counselling Skills. This book provides a sound foundation for those wanting to develop an understanding of what counselling skills are and how to use them' - Gladeana McMahon, Centre for Stress Management

  Basic Counselling Skills, Second Edition is a practical introduction for anyone using counselling skills in the course of their work. Written by leading skills expert, Richard Nelson-Jones, the Second Edition of this highly popular text provides a thorough, step-by-step guide to the subject, working through the stages of the helping process. Each succinct chapter describes the skills used at a particular point in the relationship and provides examples to increase understanding. Exercises are also included which allow you to practise your skills as you go along.

  The key skills covered include:

  starting and structuring the helping process;

  active listening;

  offering challenges and feedback;

  facilitating problem-solving;

  coaching, demonstrating and rehearsing;

  strategies for changing thinking; and

  conducting and terminating helping.

  The book also discusses multicultural and gender aware helping, ethical issues, supervision and becoming more skilled.

  Richard Nelson-Jones is Fellow of the British Psychological Society and of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and Director of the Cognitive Humanistic Institute, Chiang Mai, Thailand.