This qualification aims to introduce learners to the use of counselling skills in everyday life and work, and the approaches underpinning the use of these skills. Although some people believe that trainees ’ processing of personal issues helps increase their self-understanding, they do not consider it mandatory. The issue of personal therapy in the training of counsellors and counselling psychologists has long been debated and is still being discussed.

Others argue that personal therapy is an integral part of training for future therapists revealing the characters and personalities of those who are fit or unfit to practice this profession. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

The stylist listened patiently, did not judge or offer advice and seemed to understand her difficulty and paid attention. To avoid sounding like a parrot, it's better to use your own words when summarising or paraphrasing.

It's easy to find what you're looking for, would definitely recommend it if you're interested in counselling or studying it.

Easy to read, clear and concise, this full colour updated edition will take you from learning to application with a variety of group tasks and case studies to explore and evaluate. This new edition contains a wide range of learning tasks and reflection points to enable readers to work individually or with learning partners to deepen self-awareness, theoretical understanding, and practical skills. Through active listening, rapport is built, trust forms and the speaker feels heard and understood by the counsellor or listener. This qualification is designed for anyone who’d like to develop their use of counselling skills for use in either work or in a personal capacity.

The counsellor uses open questions to clarify his or her understanding of what the client is feeling. In most European countries a certain number of hours of personal therapy are mandatory to qualify for admission to the profession. Use text-to-speech to make the content more accessible to students and improve comprehension and pronunciation.

John McLeod is Emeritus Professor of Counselling at Abertay University Dundee, and Visiting Professor at the Institute for Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy in Dublin, Ireland. Building rapport with clients in counselling is important, whatever model of counselling the counsellor is working with.

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