Introduction to Counselling Skills: Text and Activities - Softcover

Nelson-Jones, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761961860 ISBN 13: 9780761961864

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

`This is one of the few books which aims to consider counselling skills from a more interactive perspective. For those in the stress management field this is just the sort of book which will prove useful in gaining additional listening, communicating and helping skills′- Gladeana McMahon, Stress News

`As a course book or an aide to individual learning this book contains a wealth of information an guidance based on years of study and practice. It is easy to use because it is clearly signposted. I particularly like the way the author addresses the range of issues a student needs to consider before embarking on a counselling course. The structure of building block by block, skill by skill simplifies assessment′

About this title

About the Author

Richard Nelson-Jones was born in London in 1936. Having spent five years in California as a Second World War refugee, he returned in the 1960s to obtain a Masters and Ph.D from Stanford University. In 1970, he was appointed a lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of Aston to establish a Diploma in Counselling in Educational Settings, which started enrolling students in 1971. During the 1970s, he was helped by having three Fulbright Professors from the United States, each for a year, who both taught students and improved his skills. During this period he broadened out from a predominantly client-centred orientation to becoming much more cognitive-behavioural. He also wrote numerous articles and the first edition of what is now The Theory and Practice of Counselling and Therapy, which was published in 1982. In addition, he chaired the British Psychological Society′s Working Party on Counselling and, in1982, became the first chairperson of the BPS Counselling Psychology Section.

In 1984, he took up a position as a counselling and later counselling psychology trainer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, where he became an Associate Professor. He continued writing research articles, articles on professional issues and books, which were published in London and Sydney. As when he worked at Aston University, he also counselled clients to keep up his skills. In 1997, he retired from RMIT and moved to Chiang Mai in Thailand. There, as well as doing some counselling and teaching, he has continued as an author of counselling and counselling psychology textbooks. A British and Australian citizen, he now divides his time between Chiang Mai and London and regularly visits Australia.

Review

`I suspect that many teachers (myself included) would prefer to opt for a more broadly-based text covering different theoretical approaches, research and psychological issues.... this book is a thorough and highly readable addition to the literature′ - The Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology

`This is one of the few books which aims to consider counselling skills from a more interactive perspective. For those in the stress management field this is just the sort of book which will prove useful in gaining additional listening, communicating and helping skills′ - Gladeana McMahon, Stress News

`As a course book or an aide to individual learning this book contains a wealth of information and guidance based on years of study and practice. It is easy to use because it is clearly signposted. I particularly like the way the author addresses the range of issues a student needs to consider before embarking on a counselling course. The structure of building block-by-block, skill-by-skill simplifies assessment′ - Counselling

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0761961860
• ISBN 13: 9780761961864
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352