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About the Author
David Geldard is a psychologist who has had many years experience working as a counsellor in mental health, community health, community agency, and private practice environments in Queensland, Australia. Throughout his work he has specialised in counselling children, adolescents and their families and has worked extensively with emotionally troubled adults.
Dr Kathryn Geldard is a lecturer in the School of Psychology and Counselling at the Queensland University of Technology where she lectures in the Master of Counselling program. She has extensive experience in mental health settings and in private practice having gained her initial experience working in the Phipps Clinic at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore, USA. Together with David Geldard she is the author of several textbooks on counselling.
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Basic personal counselling: a training manual for counsellors
Basic Personal Counselling is a comprehensive and easy-to-read introduction to personal counselling. This Australian text is written for students learning to become professional or volunteer counsellors, or for professional and volunteer counsellors seeking to enhance their skills.
New to this edition:
- Training group exercises at the end of each chapter create an opportunity to practise the skills presented.
- A new chapter describing experiential counselling skills expands the counsellors’ repertoire, so that counselling outcomes can be significantly improved.
- A new chapter on working collaboratively with the client explores contemporary issues relating to the therapeutic alliance and the importance of using a collaborative approach.
As in the previous editions the text:
- Introduces skills in a sequence which facilitates ongoing learning
- Includes practical examples of the use of skills
- Looks at the advantage of combining skills by using an integrative approach to produce change
- Discusses the processes of change involved in counselling
- suggests suitable approaches for counselling clients presenting with specific problems such as anger, depression, grief, or suicidal ideation
- Discusses the importance and use of supervision
- Examines professional issues including confidentiality, professional ethics, record-keeping, arrangement of a counselling room, and the need to care for yourself
- Includes key statements which are highlighted throughout the book for ease of reference.
About the Authors
David Geldard is a psychologist who has had many years experience working as a counsellor in mental health, community health, community agency, and private practice environments in Queensland, Australia. Throughout his work he has specialised in counselling children, adolescents and their families and has worked extensively with emotionally troubled adults.
Dr Kathryn Geldard is a lecturer in the School of Psychology and Counselling at the Queensland University of Technology where she lectures in the Master of Counselling program. She has extensive experience in mental health settings and in private practice having gained her initial experience working in the Phipps Clinic at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore, USA. Together with David Geldard she is the author of several textbooks on counselling.
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