Training the Counsellor An Integrative Model

In Training the Counsellor , Mary Connor shares a decade of training experience to provide an invaluable resource for other counsellor trainers. The role of the trainer as facilitator, educator and assessor as well as key professional and ethical issues are all brought vividly to life through many case examples. The focal point of the book is the integrative, four-stage model for training competent and reflective counsellors, with the relationship between trainee and client at the core of the model. The four stages are: the development of attitudes and values; knowledge and skills; client work and supervision; reflection and evaluation. Building on this model and drawing on her own wealth of experience, the author explore the interface between being professional and being human. Training the Counsellor , offers stimulating reading and tested guidelines for good practice for all those involved in training other helping professionals.Connor, Mary is the author of 'Training the Counsellor An Integrative Model', published 1994 under ISBN 9780415102193 and ISBN 0415102197.