Understand Counselling will give you a clear understanding of the main counselling theories and help you develop vital counselling skills. It will introduce you to the three main branches of counselling--psychodynamic therapy, person-centred therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy - and familiarize you with the key features of each one.

Table of Contents

• Image Credits
• Acknowledgements
• Meet the author
• Only got a minute?
• Only got five minutes?
• Introduction
• Part one – The fundamentals
• 1 The counselling role
• 2 The counsellor's role
• 3 Skills used in counselling
• 4 The benefits of acquiring counselling skills
• 5 Enjoying the exploration
• Part two – A deeper understanding – training to a professional level
• 6 Course components
• 7 The three major approaches
• 8 Demystifying the jargon
• 9 Dealing with anger
• 10 Underlying issues
• 11 Cultural issues
• 12 Working online
• Glossary
• Taking it further