Publisher's Synopsis
This introduction to the counselling process elaborates a three-stage model of counselling, including disclosure, exploration, and action planning, and describes the counsellor skills, attitudes, and knowledge essential to therapeutic change. The text assumes an integrated theoretical position, introducing ideas from a variety of theoretical perspectives and explaining how each might contribute to the counsellor's work. Full chapters cover: working with children, crisis intervention, gender and multicultural factors, and professional ethics.
