Basic Counselling Skills: A Helper′s Manual - Softcover

Nelson-Jones, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412947472 ISBN 13: 9781412947473

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

The Second Edition of Basic Counselling Skills: A Helper′s Manual is written as a straightforward, step-by-step guide to support the training and practice of all those people who use counseling skills as part of their role. Short and accessible chapters discuss base principles of the helping relationship, then follow through universal counseling skills drawing upon a range of experiential activities from across the helping profession.

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

`In this new edition of his book Basic Counselling Skills, Richard Nelson Jones has managed to make his work even more accessible to the reader and build upon what was already an excellent introduction to Counselling Skills. This book provides a sound foundation for those wanting to develop an understanding of what counselling skills are and how to use them. It should prove an excellent resource for anyone starting out′ - Gladeana McMahon, Head of Coaching Fairplace plc, Co-Director, Centre for Coaching

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1412947472
• ISBN 13: 9781412947473
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208