Teach Yourself Counselling - Softcover

Milne, Aileen

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9780340859629: Teach Yourself Counselling

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340859628 ISBN 13: 9780340859629

Publisher: Teach Yourself, 2003

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Helping readers decide for themselves if they have what it takes to be counsellors, this book covers the many fundamental aspects of counselling, addressing what it involves, what the main skills are and how they are used.

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About the Author:

Aillen Milne (BA Hons, Diploma in professiona counselling) is a practising counsellor. She worked within a young peoples' counselling service over a period of 7 years and currently works for a counselling agency which provides short-term counselling - both face to face counselling and counselling over the telephone - for many companies and organizations throughout the United Kingdom. She has the experience of working in both short term and longer term counselling and has worked with a wide range of issues. She also has had the experience of both attending and facilitating numerous workshops. Aileen has held workshops with people in schools and with adults in family centres - in the latter she worked mainly with single mothers. She has written for psychology/counselling magazines like 'Self and Society' and is presently working on a therapy self-help book for women. Aileen also has a private practice.

Synopsis:

"Teach Yourself Counselling" covers the many fundamental aspects of counselling and addresses what it involves, what are the main skills and how are they used. It helps the reader to decide for themselves whether they have what it takes to be a counsellor. This comprehensive introduction includes the examination of the origins and theoretical models of counselling, details different counselling skills and examples of how they work and discusses the benefits of counselling skills in the work place as well as in personal relationships. It also helps the reader by clearly explaining terms and demystifying theoretical jargon. It is set out in two parts, one which explains the fundamentals of counselling, and the second which gives an in-depth understanding and which covers the three major approaches used by counsellors.

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