This book is a useful resource for individuals who work in the helping professions particularly in the fields of counselling, social work, psychology, and mental health services.

The author introduces counsellors to the concept of the life course as a multidemensional and multidisciplinary framework for thinking about clients' lives within and beyond the counselling setting.

In this volume, some of Britain′s leading counsellors give the lie to this myth. Writing openly and frankly, they share the painful lessons they have learned over the course of their careers as practitioners.

The book relates to the activity of counselling skills and addresses the context and roles in which these skills are used. Each chapter of the book contains information and practical activities which are designed to test knowledge.

A well-written, practical and informative publication... of value to supervisees, supervisors and all those involved in counsellor and supervisor training' - Counselling Psychology Review `This book... argues that the social context is ...

This revised and updated second edition also includes new material on person centred and psychodynamic counselling, further discussion of the influence of counselling contexts on the work of counsellors, and five discussion issues at the ...

He also discusses some of the different contexts in which this work operates... Many of the questions and issues he poses

Drawing on years of practical knowledge, Training the Counsellor offers down-to-earth guidance and up-to-date information on key issues in counsellor training, examining and consultancy.

Such clients can place an enormous strain on those who try to help them. This book sets out practical guidelines, backed up by examples and a sound theoretical base, for the management of these difficult, disturbed or disturbing clients.