Counselling Skills and Theory 5th Edition

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Trusted author Margaret Hough updates this bestselling resource that will provide you with the clearest introduction to the major approaches in counselling. Use text-to-speech to make the content more accessible to students and improve comprehension and pronunciation.

In most European countries a certain number of hours of personal therapy are mandatory to qualify for admission to the profession. This essay is an introduction to psychodynamic psychology and a summary of psychodynamic approaches in counselling and psychotherapy which are psychoanalysis, individual psychology, analytical psychology, object relations therapy and attachment-based psychotherapy. To be awarded the Level 3 Award in Counselling Skills and Theory, learners are required to successfully complete 4 mandatory units. Julie uses her extensive knowledge and experience to interpret the numerous ideas, frameworks, structures and developments of TA theory, from its Bernian roots to the present day, interspersing this with her own original ideas, reviews and critiques.The issue of personal therapy in the training of counsellors and counselling psychologists has long been debated and is still being discussed. Trust this bestselling resource to provide you with the clearest overview of the major approaches in counselling. Through active listening, rapport is built, trust forms and the speaker feels heard and understood by the counsellor or listener. This qualification is designed for anyone who’d like to develop their use of counselling skills for use in either work or in a personal capacity. Review and critique of various TA concepts over the years from the point of view of choosing a professional identity as a TA practitioner.

Although some people believe that trainees ’ processing of personal issues helps increase their self-understanding, they do not consider it mandatory. Consequently, the second passenger spoke about a lot of personal issues to a stranger on a train because the first passenger knew ‘the art of listening’. John McLeod is Emeritus Professor of Counselling at Abertay University Dundee, and Visiting Professor at the Institute for Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy in Dublin, Ireland. At the same time, she hopes that reading what she has written will prompt readers to go back to some of the original publications rather than relying only on her interpretation of what another author has written. Marcella Finnerty, IICP College President, Dublin, Ireland“This text really is a must-have for all involved in working with others; to empower andenable through a collaborative process.

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Seamlessly move between the printed view for front-of-class teaching and the interactive view for independent study. This series of books is Julie’s way of contributing to the spread of TA knowledge, especially to those who lack access to TA books and journals. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Others argue that personal therapy is an integral part of training for future therapists revealing the characters and personalities of those who are fit or unfit to practice this profession.The counsellor uses open questions to clarify his or her understanding of what the client is feeling.

TA from Then To Now is a series of books based on Transaction Analysis (TA) training workbooks developed by Julie Hay over several years.Counselling skills are really ‘ the art of listening’ and are practised by any number of people in any number of work roles, not just in counselling. This is achieved by the helper/counsellor by both repeating and feeding a shorter version of their story back to the client.