Contents: Introduction
Part I: Training to be a counsellor
Chapter 1: Working ethically and safely as a counselling professional
Chapter 2: The therapeutic relationship
Chapter 3: Working with client diversity in counselling work
Chapter 4: A User-centred Approach
Chapter 5: Working with self-awareness
Chapter 6: Counselling Skills and theory
Chapter 7: Working self reflectively
Part II: Practice Issues
Chapter 8: The counselling training placement
Chapter 9: Placement supervision
Chapter 10: Agency requirements
Chapter 11: Personal therapy requirements
Chapter 12: Trainee self-care and avoidance of burnout
Chapter 13: Writing a case study
Chapter 14: Recording a counselling session and analysing a transcript
Part III: Professional Issues
Chapter 11: What If?
1. Touch
2. Time Boundaries
3. Placement Ethics
4. Judgements
5. Client changing mind
6. Gifts
7. Boundaries outside of counselling sessions
8. Dual relationship
9. Dress
10. Fitness to practice
11. Attracted to client
12. Confidentiality and assisted suicide
13. Virtual reality, social media, internet, email, texts
14. Session cost
Chapter 12: What Next?