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A Student's Guide to Therapeutic Counselling
Second Edition (Updated Edition)
- Kelly Budd - CPCAB
- Traci Postings
- Heather Price - CPCAB
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Counselling Training | Counselling and Psychotherapy (General) | Therapeutic relationships
Counselling Training | Counselling and Psychotherapy (General) | Therapeutic relationships
April 2025 | 288 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
This highly practical book, published in partnership with CPCAB, is a comprehensive training guide for learners on diploma practitioner courses at Level 4 and above. Based around CPCAB’s seven core processes of practitioner development, it introduces core curriculum topics including knowledge, skills and practice issues. It provides learners with essential support through study tips and answers to their most commonly asked questions.
Part I - Training to be a Counsellor
1. Working Ethically and Safely as a Counselling Professional
2. The Therapeutic Relationship
3. Difference and Diversity
4. A User-Centred Approach
5. Working with Self-Awareness
6. Counselling Skills and Theory
Part II - Practice Issues
7. Working Self-Reflectively
8. The Counselling Training Placement
9. Placement Supervision
10. Agency Requirements
11. Personal Therapy Requirements:Why Engage in Personal Therapy
12. Trainee Self-Care and Avoidance of Burnout
13. Writing a Case Study
14. Recording a Counselling Session and Analysing a Transcript
15. What If? Introduction
16. What Next? Private Practice