Download or read book Basic Personal Counselling: A Training Manual for Counsellors written by David Geldard and published by Cengage AU. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic Personal Counselling is an easy to read introduction to counselling that reflects current best practice. It teaches core interviewing skills and provides a framework of practical examples and training group exercises to enable students to progressively build a skill repertoire. The book is designed to prepare students for field placement and therefore has a strong vocational focus. • Introduces counselling skills in a logical sequence and provides practical examples of the skills in action • Discusses the process of change involved in counselling • Provides approaches for counselling people with specific problems such as anger, depression, grief, suicidal ideation • Discusses professional issues including: confidentiality, ethics, record keeping