Basic Personal Counselling (7th edition)
Authors: David & Kathryn Geldard
published by Pearson Education, Sydney, 2012
(this book is published for readers in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia)
A comprehensive, easy-to-read introduction to personal counselling, written for professional and volunteer counsellors, and those who train them.
The seventh edition provides improved and expanded training group exercises for use by training group facilitators and a new chapter on counselling those troubled by addiction. it also has a greater emphasis on respecting the person seeking help.
The book enables new trainees to learn how to make informed choices about the type of skill to use and how to integrate these skills within a sequential counselling process. It contains the following:
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A wide variety of examples to illustrate each counselling micro‑skill.
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Practice examples of client statements for use by students, with suggested counsellor responses.
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Client statements, without solutions, for use by teachers in helping students to learn particular micro‑skills.
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An explanation of the therapeutic approaches related to particular micro‑skills.
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A discussion of the way to combine skills to facilitate change.
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A discussion of a range of practical issues including cultural and ethical issues, the counsellingenvironment, keeping records, the need for supervision, and the need for the counsellor to look after themselves.
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This accessible introduction to counselling, skills is essential reading for teachers and trainees alike.
To order this book:
Order from Pearson Education Australia
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