The book professionalizes counselling through the scientific application of appropriate knowledge and skills at various stages of the counselling process.
With an aim to equip readers with fundamental and advanced counselling skills, this book,
- Examines a range of key skills from various theories and models of counselling to enable students and professionals understand the underlying techniques which need to be applied from the time the client approaches the counsellor until the conclusion of the counselling process;
- Sheds light on the complex psychological state of clients to discuss trainings to have a holistic assessment in terms of emotions, cognition, motivation, and behaviour;
- Presents extensive material that train the students in skills to provide emotional relief to the client; help the client change from self-defeating negative thoughts to a promising positive thinking, enhance the motivation and self-confidence to initiate action;
- Integrates discussions on case studies, live as well as hypothetical examples, traditional and contemporary theories on counselling with the art of communication.
An invaluable guidebook on developing counselling skills, this volume will be of immense interest to students, researchers, teachers, professionals, and practitioners of psychology, behavioural sciences, mental health, counselling, and education.
About the Author:
Meena Hariharan is Professor and the Founder Director of the Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, India. She has been involved in standardizing several psychological tools and works in the fields of health psychology covers behavioural cardiology, ICU trauma, coping with non-communicable diseases and resilience studies. The thirty-five years of her experience in counselling enabled her to contribute to this book.
Usha Chivukula teaches at the Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, India. She works in the areas of Psychosocial Care in Intensive Care Units, Behavioural Cardiology, Community Health Psychology and Child and Adolescent Health. She serves as an executive of Association of Health Psychologists and is an assistant editor of Indian Journal of Health Studies. She has experience of teaching and practicing counselling for over 20 years.
Meera Padhy teaches at the Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad, India. She has published extensively in the areas of health psychology, developmental psychology, and occupational psychology. Her research interests include behavioural diabetology, occupational health, social support, leisure, and well-being.
