The Counsellor's Workbook: Developing a Personal Approach

A guide to maximizing counsellor effectiveness through the personal approach This book provides a series of reflective learning tasks, linked to the highly acclaimed Open University Press textbook An Introduction to Counselling, Third Edition. The Counsellor's Workbook encourages participants to construct an account of your counselling competencies, values, and personal qualities. This workbook contributes to the process of becoming an effective counsellor by deepening and consolidating personal learning and development; facilitating the integration of theory, practice; and personal experience; and providing arenas for collaborative dialogue and exploration with fellow trainees. The Counsellor's Workbook provides learning resources to support counsellors through key stages in training, including: Building on life experience Engaging with theories and concepts Reflecting on cases Learning from critical issues in practice Developing a professional identity The workbook is a valuable resource for counselling tutors, trainers, and experienced practitioners engaging in continuing professional development.