Basic Counselling Skills: A Student Guide

by Kenneth Kelly, Rory Lees-Oakes (Foreword)

A book on counselling skills for students of counselling and psychotherapy. • High quality reference links to podcasts, articles and downloads to support your learning. • Written in easy-to-understand (non-academic) language - Counselling skills theory decoded into plain English • Bonus downloadable audio files that demonstrate skills in action - Listen on your smartphone, tablet or computer • The perfect skills book for any student of counselling or psychotherapy - Easy reference to complement your studies In my book, I go beyond offering just a theoretical definition of what a skill is and an explanation of what it does in a counselling relationship. I share a deeper look into the skills and explore a more philosophical explanation from my own experience as a practising therapist and former counselling tutor - Kenneth Kelly

Genres: Counselling

146 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 16, 2017

Reviews

[ClaireBear · Rating 5 out of 5]

A super little companion for level 3 trainee counsellors and indeed myself at level 4. Simple to read and Rory gives good explanations of the skills and why we use them. Highly recommend.

[April Banton · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is perfect for a very light overview of counselling skills. To give the reader/student an idea about them. I did expect more from it to be honest. Though I have found it’s concise manner helpful for assignment writing!

Great to dip your toe into Counselling Skills!

[Mike Lord · Rating 5 out of 5]

I started my counselling journey listening to Ken and Rory on their amazing podcast. Ken definitely majors in counselling skills so to have him write a book that clearly explains them is a gift. Very clear definitions.

[Mel Newing · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really interesting.

For me, at the start of my journey, this has been really insightful and interesting. Breaking things down into easy to understand sections and covering more than I have so far looked into. Would highly recommend.

[Patrick McCann · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a Level 4 Counselling student I have found this book to be both extremely helpful and very insightful.

[Vanessa Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Insightful guide

A very human and congruent guide on basic counselling skills . It's a very useful and easy to understand guide for training counsellors

[MJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's in the title: Basic. However, if you're a student and studying then this is a wonderful little guide to keep with you especially in the first few months of school. Or if you've taken a break from studying, this will refresh you instantly.

Basic, but very useful. Especially the bit about contracting in the very beginning.

[Sephy Hallow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short, introductory, but easy to follow and useful as a starter to basic concepts.

[munsami nadan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to understand

I think this is a very good book to start the counselling journey with. The language is simple relatable and easy to comprehend.