Counselling Skills for Dummies

Table of Contents

Part I: Focusing on Yourself First
Chapter 1: Introducing Counselling Skills
Chapter 2: Understanding Yourself through Personal Development
Chapter 3: Taking Care of Yourself
Chapter 4: Maintaining Good Practice

Part II: The Listening Helper
Chapter 5: Being a Listening Helper
Chapter 6: Qualities, Skills and Knowledge for Listening
Chapter 7: Recognising Your Own Barriers to Listening

Part III: Structuring a Helping Conversation
Chapter 8: Establishing a Helping Relationship
Chapter 9: Stage One: Beginning the Discussion
Chapter 10: Stage Two: Deepening Understanding
Chapter 11: Stage Three: Working with Action and Endings

Part IV: Understanding People and Problems
Chapter 12: Being Prepared for Common Personal Problems
Chapter 13: Understanding People from a Social Perspective
Chapter 14: Understanding Individuals from a Psychological Perspective

Part V: Handling Challenges
Chapter 15: Coping with Different Types of Helping Conversations
Chapter 16: Dealing with Difficulties

Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 17: Ten or So Key Counselling Skills
Chapter 18: Ten Resources for Improving Your Counselling Skills
Chapter 19: Ten Great Counselling Books

Part VII: Appendixes
Appendix A: Case Studies and Discussion
Appendix B: Becoming a Counsellor