A helpful guide for newly qualified counsellors. It gives some comprehensive ideas and tips for further development... a useful book' - "Self & Society
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Conveys valuable information... Paul Wilkins writes well... With the current emphasis by accrediting counselling organizations on the importance of ongoing personal and professional development, this book would be a salutary place to start on such a journey' -" Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling
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The personal and professional development of therapists is essential to continued good practice. This book explores just what is meant by personal and professional development' and why it is so important f
Show moreA helpful guide for newly qualified counsellors. It gives some comprehensive ideas and tips for further development... a useful book' - "Self & Society
"
Conveys valuable information... Paul Wilkins writes well... With the current emphasis by accrediting counselling organizations on the importance of ongoing personal and professional development, this book would be a salutary place to start on such a journey' -" Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling
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The personal and professional development of therapists is essential to continued good practice. This book explores just what is meant by personal and professional development' and why it is so important f
Show moreWhat Is Personal and Professional Development?
Further Training
Professional Recognition - with Alan Frankland
Accreditation and Re-Accreditation
Personal Therapy
Supervision
Contributing to the Furtherance of Knowledge
Resourcing Your Self
Determining a Personal Programme for Professional and Personal
Development
Paul Wilkins was Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Human Communication, Manchester Metropolitan University. He publications include Personal and Professional Development for Counsellors (London, SAGE Publications) and Psychodrama (London, SAGE Publications).
`Conveys valuable information... Paul Wilkins writes well... With the current emphasis by accrediting counselling organizations on the importance of ongoing personal and professional development, this book would be a salutary place to start on such a journey... The book explores what is meant by "fit to practise" and highlights the need to provide a better service to those who seek the skills of a counsellor. With the increasing emphasis on the need for better praxis in the field, it is vital that counsellors practise what they preach. If they fail to pay attention to their own ongoing well-being, they should not be surprised if the therapy they offer to others is seen to be marred by the shadow of hypocrisy′ - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling `A helpful guide for newly qualified counsellors. It gives some comprehensive ideas and tips for further development... a useful book′ - Self & Society `Thought-provoking and enhanced by questions scattered throughout the text, this book covers areas of training, accreditation, personal therapy, supervision, contribution to knowledge, creative writing, personal journal work, portfolios, dreamwork, self-resourcing and development on a budget. Well-paced and presented in a clear, practical and authoritative way, this book offers information and guidance... Each chapter is well structured... Highlighted boxes contain valuable information... Quotations add to the richness of the text... this book has helped me to question my developmental needs and I certainly intend following up some of its ideas and suggestions′ - Counselling News
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