Summary
Contents
Subject index
Online Counselling and Guidance Skills is the first book to deal with the practicalities of this mode of working. It looks at how practitioners need to adapt their basic counseling skills to the online environment and guides them through the process of setting up, defining and maintaining a working relationship with a client within professional, ethical and legal boundaries. Case studies and extracts from online sessions show how the skills are put into practice, while practical exercises and points for further consideration help readers to develop their own knowledge and skills.
The Foundations: A Framework for Practice When Using Online Counselling Skills
The Foundations: A Framework for Practice When Using Online Counselling Skills
Online counselling skills presented in this chapter:
- Establishing practitioner suitability for adopting the use of counselling skills in an online context
- Confidence building when using counselling skills with computer-mediated technology
- Online counselling system stability and suitability – what to do in the event of technology breakdown
- The structure of effective practice and individual client sessions when using online counselling skills
- Online security procedures – encryption, third party access to messages
- Administration, management, and storage of client material
Exercises and vignettes are included within this chapter, demonstrating the skills in practice and encouraging thought on the subject matter discussed.
This chapter discusses features essential to the initial planning and forming of an online ...
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