Counselling Skills for Health Professionals - Softcover

Burnard, Philip; Campling, Jo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0412566907 ISBN 13: 9780412566905

Publisher: Springer, 1994

Synopsis

This is the second edition of a book that I hope continues to be of practical value. For counselling must always be that: practical. No amount of talking, on its own, can really make a difference if people do not end up doing something as a result of counselling. The practical thread remains an important one throughout this edition. Counselling Skills for Health Professionals is not just a 'how to do it' book: people are probably too complicated for that approach to be of much use. Counselling is never simply a matter of learning a range of skills which you then apply in a range of settings. In the end, counselling is about facing the person in front of you, listening to them carefully and then supporting them as they work through their problems. For many problems, there are no easy answers and counselling doesn't offer any 'quick fixes'. It is essentially a supportive process. There are many things it cannot do. It cannot change certain social and political situations. It cannot cure diseases. On the other hand, what it can do is offer people more hope. Often, just the fact that there is somone who is prepared to hear your story and to listen to you is all that is needed. I remain convinced that the key issue in all types of counselling is the ability to listen.

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Review

"Acknowledgements Introduction 1. What Is counselling? 2. Psychological Approaches To Counselling 3. Counselling And Self Awareness 4. Culture And Communication 5. Basics Principles And Considerations 6. Maps Of The Counselling Relationship 7. Counselling Skills 1: Listening And Applying 8. Counselling Skills 2: Client-Cantered Skills 9. Counselling Skills 3: Helping With Feelings 10. 10. Information Giving And Counselling In Specific Health care Contexts 11. Problems And Support In Counselling 12. :Learning Counselling Skills 13. Counselling Skills Exercises 14. Extract From A Counselling Conversation 15. Conclusion Appendix References Index ".

Synopsis

Covers both the theory and practice of counselling within health care settings. The book's new features include: more exercizes for developing counselling skills; a section on AIDS counselling; skills and techniques for working with children; record keeping and the Data Protection Act and a larger format with room for the reader's own notes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0412566907
• ISBN 13: 9780412566905
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272