An Introduction to Helping Skills

Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring

By: Jane Westergaard

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Paperback | 22 November 2016

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208 Pages

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22.5 x 15.5 x 1.5

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Readers will be introduced to the three core approaches of counselling, coaching and mentoring, and shown how they work across a variety of settings, including therapy, teaching, social work and nursing.

Part 1 takes readers through the theory, approaches and skills needed for helping work, and includes chapters on:

The differences and similarities of counselling, coaching and mentoring
Foundational and advanced skills for effective helping
Supervision and reflective practice
Ethical helping and working with diversity

Part 2 shows how helping skills look in practice, in a variety of different helping professions. 10 specially-written case studies show you the intricacies of different settings and client groups, including work in schools, hospitals, telephone helplines and probation programs.

Industry Reviews

In this engaging book, Jane Westergaard draws on her extensive knowledge and experience as a helper and educator. Those who are new to counselling, coaching and mentoring are in safe hands here; those who are already familiar with these disciplines will find much to stimulate and provoke fresh thinking. -- David Britten A highly engaging and comprehensive introduction to 'helping' and the skills needed to practice in this field. Accessible, practical and effective. -- Amy Hill I feel it would have been useful to read this book during my foundation studies, or while I was considering training, as it provides an excellent overview. By far the most useful aspect of the book were the activities advocated within the text, which I found positioned certain issues differently to how I learned about them during my training, and coaxed me into examining things in a new way. I would firmly advocate giving this to people in the formative stages of their journey into a helping profession. -- Ben Scanlan

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