Listening Helpfully: How to Develop Your Counselling Skills

Does your job place you in positions where you need the ability to 'listen helpfully'? Are you thinking of counselling as a career? This practical book will answer all questions and teach the basic skills and qualities you need. Developing as a person and coming to terms with your own feelings and anxieties are essential when listening to other people. The book explains the essence of counselling and how it works, and contains exercises, discussion topics and ideas for journal work.