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.
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Human Relationship Skills: Coaching and Self-Coaching offers a practical guide to enhancing and repairing relationship skills. The updated 4th edition reflects the growing interest in coaching and its application to daily life. Richard Nelson-Jones employs a cognitive-behavioral approach, presenting relationship skills as sequences of choices that can be made positively or negatively. The book begins with foundational questions about relationship and coaching skills, then explores various essential skills, including: listening and understanding, managing shyness, intimacy and companionship, assertiveness, managing anger, and addressing relationship problems. It concludes with strategies for self-coaching to maintain and improve these skills. Written in an accessible style and featuring engaging activities, this resource is ideal for those involved in life coaching, counseling, and therapy. It serves as essential reading for lecturers, coaches, trainers, students, and anyone looking to enhance their relationship skills.
Paperback (trifle scratched) by Richard Nelson-Jones-no Cassell 2nd ed 1988-presents 290 pages..Focusing on feelings & life-training skills-book tight clean copy.#6