Preface. Introduction. The Skill of Communicating. Setting up the Relationship. Developing the Relationship. Working With the Relationship. The Established Relationship. Maintaining the Relationship. Deepening Your Understanding. Becoming a Reflexive Practitioner. Conclusion. Appendices.
Rebecca Midwinter has many years of experience working within the
helping professions. She is a Senior Lecturer at Bath Spa
University and her teaching career includes her role as Senior
Teaching Fellow at the University of Bristol. She is a BACP
accredited counsellor/psychotherapist and is UKRCP registered. She
has completed her EMDR training and has extensive experience of
working within the field of trauma counselling. Rebecca is also the
Director of Alpheus Training Ltd.
Janie Dickson is a practising psychotherapist, clinical supervisor,
trainer and Honorary Teaching Fellow at the University of Bristol.
Originally from a social work background, Janie has extensive
experience of working within the NHS. She is a BACP accredited
counsellor/psychotherapist and is UKRCP registered. She has
completed her EMDR training and currently specialises in trauma
therapy.
"Counselling skills are an invaluable resource for any helper. This
book will be very useful to anyone who wants to combine
relationship building with offering help by talking and listening.
The authors have drawn on many years of successfully tutoring a
wide variety of people in counselling skills to write book full of
examples and exercises. This is one of the best new books on
counselling skills that I have read". - Tim Bond, Emeritus
Professor University fo Bristol, Visiting Professor University of
Malta"There are very few contemporary books currently available
written about the use of counselling skills by other professional
groups: this book by Rebecca Midwinter is a Janie Dickson is a very
welcome addition. They manage to bring their extensive experience,
an understanding of the needs of different professional groups, the
capacity to make ideas both accessible and relevant, as well as an
ability to write with a light touch. As a reader you are guided
through a journey of learning and development and are encouraged to
reflect on your own process. I have no doubt that this book will
quickly become an important support for the professional and
personal development of a range of helpers, and be valued by
many."- Dr Andrew Reeves, The University of Liverpool Counselling
Service"Embedding Counselling and communication Skills" is
comprehensive and easy to read book for individuals who wish to
develop their theoretical knowledge and practical skills in a
professional helper role. The book guides the reader, through the
essential skills required to establish relationships with clients
and/or patients. Learning is supported by the use of online
unscripted video clips of a real helper/client relationship. Each
chapter is clearly presented with a useful learning summary
provided at the end, supported by relevant research. I strongly
recommend this book to students and professionals working in the
helper professions. - Sheila Fidler, Snr Clinical Lecturer in the
Dept of Human Communication and Deafness, at the University of
Manchester
"This new book is written by two accredited
counsellor/psychotherapists with extensive experience of both
teaching counselling and communication skills and of professional
practice including within the NHS. The book focuses on the
relationship between a client and a professional ‘helper’. It would
be very useful for practicing dietitians in a range of settings.
This includes those newly qualified and those with more experience
looking to improve their counselling and communication skills as
part of continued professional development (CPD)." – Sue Baic,
Registered Dietician, in Dietetics Today"Counselling skills are an
invaluable resource for any helper. This book will very useful to
anyone who wants to combine relationship building with offering
help by talking and listening. The authors have drawn on many years
of successfully tutoring a wide variety of people in counselling
skills to write book full of examples and exercises. This is one of
the best new books on counselling skills that I have read". - Tim
Bond, Emeritus Professor University fo Bristol, Visiting Professor
University of Malta"There are very few contemporary books currently
available written about the use of counselling skills by other
professional groups: this book by Rebecca Midwinter is a Janie
Dickson is a very welcome addition. They manage to bring their
extensive experience, an understanding of the needs of different
professional groups, the capacity to make ideas both accessible and
relevant, as well as an ability to write with a light touch. As a
reader you are guided through a journey of learning and development
and are encouraged to reflect on your own process. I have no doubt
that this book will quickly become an important support for the
professional and personal development of a range of helpers, and be
valued by many."- Dr Andrew Reeves, The University of Liverpool
Counselling Service"Embedding Counselling and communication Skills"
is comprehensive and easy to read book for individuals who wish to
develop their theoretical knowledge and practical skills in a
professional helper role. The book guides the reader, through the
essential skills required to establish relationships with clients
and/or patients. Learning is supported by the use of online
unscripted video clips of a real helper/client relationship. Each
chapter is clearly presented with a useful learning summary
provided at the end, supported by relevant research. I strongly
recommend this book to students and professionals working in the
helper professions. - Sheila Fidler, Snr Clinical Lecturer in the
Dept of Human Communication and Deafness, at the University of
Manchester
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