This is a highly practical handbook aimed specifically at medical and health care professionals. The book begins with an overview of the main issues of counselling and communication looking also at the importance of self-care from both a personal and organizational perspective. Basic counselling and communication skills are followed by their application to specialised settings including sexual health, child health, infertility and rehabilitation.
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Drawing on the authors' extensive teaching experience and the wider literature, How to Survive Counsellor Training: - Provides a realistic and reassuring advice at every stage, in order to reduce anxiety and allow you to grow in confidence ...
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The interaction of the client - counsellor qualities may determine therapeutic outcome . For example , if the client is passive , slow talking and takes time to think ideas through , whereas the counsellor is very active - directive ...
Within the four sections of the book, the text is organised around the ten core public health skills outlined in the National Occupational Standards for the practice of public health, covering skills including surveillance and assessment, ...
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At over 700 pages and with more than 100 contributions, this Fourth Edition brings together the essentials of counselling and psychotherapy theory, research, skills and practice.
(1998) 'Increasing multicultural competence', in R. Bayne, P. Nicolson, and I. Horton (eds) Counselling and Communication Skills for Medical and Health Practitioners, Leicester: BPS.