num_pages: 512
description: The new Fifth Edition shows Richard Nelson Jones at his very clear concise and helpful in a practical way. I strongly recommend this text - Windy Dryden Professor of Counselling Goldsmiths College London A welcome updatecreating a powerful and stimulating learning experience- Pat Beardsworth Director Welsh Centre for Counselling Psychology SwanseaRichard Nelson Joness use of lifeskills counselling provides significant added value to our services particularly with our more difficult clients - David Stratford Director Davidson &amp; Associates MelbourneAn excellent practical book packed with useful information. An ideal text for training courses - Stephen Palmer Centre for Stress Management LondonThis book provides a secure base from which the counsellor can practice in an empathic effective and ethical manner - Robert Bor Professor of Psychology City University LondonA unique combination of theory skills and practical activities in a highly informative and impressively detailed text - Ken Fisher Bolton InstituteA great training book.extremely useful for a wide variety of counselling helping and pastoral care settings - Dr Ron Perry Director Institute for Counselling Sydney Australia Invaluable and interesting text and exercises for building a broad range of counselling skills - Dr Doug Farnill Faculty of Medicine Sydney University AustraliaThis new Fifth Edition of Richard Nelson-Jones bestselling Practical Counselling &amp; Helping Skills presents the core skills needed to be a successful counsellor. Fully revised and updated the text is based on the Relationship-Understanding-Changing (RUC) lifeskills counselling model. This provides a systematic approach for clients to develop specific lifeskills to change how they feel think communicate and act and this book provides ways for the counsellor to facilitate this
language: English
title: Practical Counselling & Helping Skills: Text and Activities for the Lifeskills Counselling Model
publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd