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Issues in Professional Counsellor Training

by Windy Dryden, etc., Ian Horton, and Dave Mearns

Published 1 September 1995

This text considers the major issues that need to be addressed when designing and running a professional counsellor training course. The authors emphasize that good professional counsellor training integrates personal, practical and intellectual aspects of trainee functioning. Chapters discuss the nature of professional counselling training, the importance of core theoretical models, skills training, self development, client work, supervision, professional development, assessment and evaluation, and staffing issues.