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Egan's Skilled Helper Model: Developments and Applications in Counselling

Author(s) : Val Wosket

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Val Wosket draws on over twenty years experience of counselling, training and supervising to provide a clear exposition of the model and situate it in contemporary counselling practice. Numerous case studies are provided throughout, along with contributions from experienced practitioners, illustrating how the model can be applied in a variety of clinical settings and with a range of counselling issues. "Egan's Skilled Helper Model" builds on and extends the aims of Egan's original work, covering key topics, including:
* Developing a client-responsive approach that places the therapeutic relationship at the heart of the model
* Applying the skilled helper model in research, training and supervision
* Translating the model into more accessible and adaptable language

Contents:
Egan, Foreword. Introduction. Background and Context to the Skilled Helper Model. Overview of the Skilled Helper Model 1: Stage One. Overview of the Skilled Helper Model 2: Stage Two. Critiques and Commentaries of the Skilled Helper Model. Using the Skilled Helper Model in Training. Research, Supervision and the Skilled Helper Model. Dunnett, Gabriel, Hobman, Laycock, Pendle, Roberts, Smith, Storr, Warren, Developments and Applications of the Skilled Helper Model: A Roundtable of Views.

Author Biography:
Val Wosket is Senior Lecturer in Counselling at York St John College. She is a BACP accredited Counsellor, Supervisor and Trainer and also works in private practice. Her previous publications include The Therapeutic Use of Self: Counselling Practice, Research and Supervision and, with Steve Page, Supervising the Counsellor: A Cyclical Model.

Full Contributors:
With contributions from: Alan Dunnett, Lynne Gabriel, Trish Hobman, Lynne Laycock, Andy Pendle, Emma Roberts, Londsay Smith, Peter Storr, Carol Warren