Counselling Skills For Social Workers Av Hilda (university College Dublin Ireland) Loughran

<P>Counselling skills are very powerful. Really listening and providing compassionate empathy without judging is a core part of social work practice with service users. </P><P>This book provides a theoretically informed understanding of the core skills required to provide counselling interventions that work. It provides detailed discussion of three core skills which are identified as: talking and responding, listening and observing and thinking. Over 11 chapters these core skills are described in terms of what they mean, how they can be learned and developed, how they can be used and misused and, most importantly, how specific skills can be employed in a coherent and evidence-informed counselling approach. Loughran also looks in detail at the skills required to deliver interventions consistent with three approaches: Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Work and Group work.</P><P>Illustrative case examples and exercises offer further opportunities for reflection and exploration o

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