Developing Counsellor Training (Developing Counselling series) Book

With the rapid growth of counsellor training courses in the UK, it is now crucial that trainers seriously consider the standards of training required.Assessing how counselling training may be analyzed, systematized, reconsidered and improved, this book provides practical guidelines for trainers, intending trainers and others involved in the planning, implementation and evaluation of counsellor training programmes.It raises the central issues which face those with an interest in the design or improvement of training courses and puts forward ideas about how such courses can be better organized, how training methods can be made more effective and how counselling skills can be more appropriately taught. The book also covers areas such as trainers' self-care, working relationships, interpersonal dynamics and trainees' supervised work with clients.Frank and challenging, Developing Counsellor Training does not disguise the problems involved in starting or running a training course, but provides encouraging advice, supported by case studies and examples, to show how these difficulties can be successfully overcome.Read More