Using Counselling Skills in Social Work [Paperback]

This practical book enables students to develop key counselling skills that can help to enhance their practice and help to place the service-user at the centre of the decision making process. Relationship building will be a key area of the text and relevant counselling skills for achieving this in social work settings such as empathic responding will be illustrated in detail together with examples of dialogue and analysis of interventions. The role and importance of self-awareness will be discussed together with various exercises to develop the readers' own knowledge of themselves.A complete guide to understanding and using counselling skills in social work.This text enables students to understand the use if counselling skills in social work and the clear difference between social work practice and counselling.Comprehensive text for undergraduates on qualifying coursesThis book includes some useful perspectives pertinent to the development of skills for social work practice.A good underpinning to skills for social workers.Used as sound basis for theories in communications skills. Good easy text to read and understand. activity and case studies useful not only for full course dirction but also for use during placement supervision.A useful text in supporting student social workers understanding of counselling skills and how they may be applied.Excellent mix of exercises, tips for Practice, and underpinning theories. This should prove very popular with students on our Social work degreeThere are lots of good competitors for this book (e.g. Koprowska, Trevithick) but it offers a useful and wide ranging overview. Chapter on working with conflict is particularly welcome.I really liked this book. Whilst SW students are unlikely to be called on to provide counselling, the skills that this book encourages students to develop are invaluable, backed up with clear explanations and a sound knowledge/value base. I will encourage students from yr 1 undergraduates through to Mal³?