Integrative Counselling Skills in Action

by Susan Culley

`Tim Bond has co-authored the Second Edition with Sue Culley, creating a unique combination of ethical underpinnings and guidance in combination with practical issues' - Therapy Today Integrative Counselling Skills in Action is a bestselling text, which has been used to train many thousands of people in counselling skills. Now in its Second Edition , this highly practical book provides a step-by-step introduction to the core skills and their use in a wide variety of helping situations. Following the process through its three main stages - beginning, middle and ending - the authors describe the aims of each stage and the particular strategies, which are used to achieve these goals. Frequent extracts of dialogue are given to demonstrate the interactions, which take place between practitioner and client at different stages in the process. This fully updated edition also includes many practical features - such as guidelines for good practice, checklists and summaries - as well as new material · coping with demanding situations, · being successful in using counselling skills; and · a new extended case study. Integrative Counselling Skills in Action, Second Edition is an ideal text for use on courses and recommended reading for anyone who uses counselling skills in their work.

Genres: Counselling, Psychology, Humanities

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[ME · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read as part of my counselling Masters program- good application of practical skills in counselling. I appreciated that there were lots of examples of the skills in use. Of particular interest to me was the second to last chapter on how the skills could be used with particular challenges (anxiety, bereavement, depression...) I would recommend it.

[Josh Hogan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A comprehensive and accessible analysis of counselling skills and a framework for using them with clients. Not the most thrilling read ever, but it is great for any trainee counsellor looking for guidance on what to do with their early clients - particularly in short term work.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must-read if you're an integrative counselling student

[David Lai · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thorough treatment of the counselling process, reasonable and readable. Owes a lot to Egan's The Skilled Helper, but is not as abstract.

[Aveen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read as part of my training, all these in action books are great. clear information, easily read.