An Introduction to Helping Skills: Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring

by Jane Westergaard

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473925118
• ISBN13: 9781473925113
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.4"