Counselling and Helping

This new edition is an indispensable introduction to the core principles of counselling for those interested in counselling and those considering training. It describes the main styles of counselling, provides an excellent framework for helping, and introduces some of the approaches and key tools used within a counselling relationship Offers a stimulating and highly accessible introduction to the key aspects of counselling Recurring case studies to illustrate clearly the practical application of the range of styles and approaches in counselling and experiential exercises are included in each chapter to facilitate the reader's learning and understanding Guides the reader, in a straightforward, readable style, through the main issues that arise within counselling/helping relationships A book to enthuse, excite and empower those contemplating counselling training, or those who have embarked on a course and want a broad introduction

This new edition is an indispensable introduction to the coreprinciples of counselling for those interested in counsellingand those considering training. It describes the main styles ofcounselling, provides an excellent framework for helping, andintroduces some of the approaches and key tools used within acounselling relationship* Offers a stimulating and highly accessible introduction to thekey aspects of counselling* Recurring case studies to illustrate clearly the practicalapplication of the range of styles and approaches in counsellingand experiential exercises are included in each chapter tofacilitate the reader's learning and understanding* Guides the reader, in a straightforward, readable stylethrough the main issues that arise within counselling/helpingrelationships* A book to enthuse, excite and empower those contemplatingcounselling training, or those who have embarked on a course andwant a broad introduction

Foreword viiPreface ixAcknowledgements xiv1 Introduction: What This Book is About 1Part I: Foundations and Core Processes for Counselling and Helping 112 Counselling and Helping 153 The Basic Features of Counselling Relationships 294 Being Helped: Creating the Right Conditions and Expectations 535 Helping the Helpers 68Part II: The Range of Styles and Approaches 856 Helping People to Cope 917 Helping People to Do Things Differently 1098 Helping People with their Thinking 1279 Helping People with their Feelings 14710 Helping People with their Bodies 16511 Helping People with their Unconscious Processes 18212 Helping People with their Spirituality 19713 Helping People by Coaching 213Part III: Social Processes 22914 Helping People to Use their Networks 23315 Helping People in Groups 25116 Summary and Conclusions 268Notes 273Further Reading, Websites and Organisations 274Index 283