First Steps in Counselling: A Students' Companion for Basic Introductory Courses

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He has written, co-written and edited a number of books, chapters and papers on many aspects of counselling, psychotherapy and mental health. For this fifth edition, Pete Sanders, Paula Williams and Andy Rogers bring the text up to date with recent developments in the counselling professions. This fifth edition builds on the many strengths of the previous editions, drawing on the additional expertise of Paula Williams and Andy Rogers, both of whom bring their own rich heritage as counsellors to the table. My main grievance with Sanders’ book was the layout; panels of quotes and lyrics to illustrate his points dotted across the pages really broke up the flow of the text.

This textbook is the second edition of the follow-on to First Steps in Counselling – the first edition has been a bestseller every year for twelve years. This seminal text continues to be an essential purchase for anyone embarking on their training and will provide them key insight, navigation and richness of detail, as it has done the many thousands who have travelled that road previously. Intended as a support for tutors and a companion for course participants, the text emphasises personal development and good practice, and can be used with confidence as a focus for training or a supplement to it. All course materials will be uploaded weekly on Microsoft Teams and the team will support your development of the use of technology.By submitting this form you are consenting to Weston College recording and processing the personal information on this form, for any purposes of the college associated with the provision of advice and guidance to potential students on the range of courses available to them, college facilities and any other associated information. That First Steps in Counselling is now in its fifth edition is a testimony to the critical eye cast by its authors as they observe our fast-changing world.

This well-timed fifth edition reflects the critical eye cast by its authors as they observe our fast-changing world, bringing into view issues such as how we valorise the different models and approaches, how an intersectional approach to counselling brings into focus issues of power, and also, in a more subtle way, the relevance of the political to the world of counselling.

There really is something in this book for everyone, whether you are learning something new or anew. This book has helped me alot through my level 1 counselling and have no doubt I will keep using it during my next course. The authors do not shy away from the significant themes and controversies and the role of identity, race, culture, power and oppression in counselling practice and training. In accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018, the information will only be used for the above mentioned purposes.

This fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect changes in the role and practice of counselling in the 21st century. Students who are EU/EEA or Swiss Citizens who have lived in the UK before 1 January 2021 who do not have indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK or haven’t applied for the EU Settlement Scheme and been granted pre-settled or settled status – please contact the College Registrar on 01934 411 531 for advice on appropriate UKVI student visa fees before you enrol. First Steps in Counselling is essentially a book about helping and this fifth edition has been updated and revised with the help of two co-authors; Paula J Williams and Andy Rogers. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It is one of the most popular books on counselling in the UK, with many thousands of students choosing it each year.the qualification you wish to study isn’t on the approved list of level 3 qualifications the College can run for free. After practising and teaching counselling, he continued to have an active interest in developing person-centred theory, the politics of counselling and psychotherapy, and the demedicalisation of distress. Paula Williams and Andy Rogers have joined Pete Sanders as co-authors, skilfully blending their voices while each bringing their own distinctive presence, alongside several contributors whose personal experiences and perspectives are all too often marginalised within the counselling field.