Are your studentsalooking to use counselling skills to enhanceatheir existing helping role? Are they taking the first steps towards becoming a professional counsellor? This practical guide will provideareaders with the ideal Nway-inO, showing them what helping and counselling is all about. aPart 1: Counselling Skillsawill introduce readers to the underpinning knowledge and practical tools needed to develop a range of helping skills for use in a variety of helping roles, showing what it means to work safely and ethically. aPart 2: Counselling Studiesawill help them take their understanding further by considering in detail important theories and professional issues, preparingathemato work as a professional counsellor.Part 3: Counselling Study Skillsawill offer practical advice and hints and tips to helpathem make the best start on their counselling portfolio, including journal and essay writing skills, research skills and how to get inspired and overcome blocks toa learning. aThe new edition now includes a more detailed discussion of key theories, has a new chapter on self care, and is fully up to date with the occupational and professional standards and ethical frameworks.Packed full of practical activities and written in a supportive conversational style, this book is essential reading for anyone wanting to learn counselling skills or embarking on their first stage of training to be a counsellor.