Practical Counselling and Helping

ISBN-13: 9780415188838 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 160 str.

Philip Burnard

Opis

A practical, jargon-free guide to counselling, this text offers clear information about how counselling and helping may be put into practice, whilst acknowledging and discussing its limitations. Contents include: what is counselling and helping?; basic counselling and helping strategies; handling difficult situations; and further personal development. Drawing from a range of counselling methods, and offering a detailed reading list, this book should appeal to all students in the health professions and to all those requiring a clear account of how they might improve their own communication skills.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 What is counselling and helping?; Chapter 2 Why counsel or help?; Chapter 3 Listening as the basis of counselling and helping; Chapter 4 Models of the person; Chapter 5 Basic counselling and helping strategies; Chapter 6 Handling difficult situations; Chapter 7 Looking after yourself; Chapter 8 Further personal development; Chapter 9 Concluding points;

O autorze

Professor Burnard has published over 50 books and nearly 250 journal articles over the last 15 years. In 1996 he was made a Fellow of the Florence Nightingale Foundation in recognition of 'an outstanding contribution to nurse education and for promotion of international understanding'.