<p>Since its first publication in 1977, Eugene Kennedy and Sara Charles's 'On Becoming a Counsellor' has become the one, indispensable resource for all those who, without extensive psychological training, must deal with troubled individuals - the confused, the grieving, the suffering, the immature, who so often turn to teachers, doctors, nurses, lawyers, clergy, and frequently to old friends. This new and completely revised edition will bring this already popular book up-to-date with the medical and psychological advances over the past ten years, and continue to provide non-professional as well as professional counsellors with all the essential tools they need to respond to people's problems with intelligence and compassion. The authors set forth the basic rules of sound, effective counselling in such areas as anxiety, neurosis, depression, obsession, marriage, death, bereavement, suicide, schizophrenia, alcoholism and drugs. The meaning and symptoms of real emergencies are explored, as are the aspects of interviewing, diagnosis, referral and emotional involvement.</p>

On Becoming a Counsellor : A Basic Guide for Non-Professional Counsellors and the Helping Professions

Politics & Social Sciences

Eugene Kennedy

Politics & Government

Newleaf

St. Patrick's Day with Mayor Daley and Other Things Too Good to Miss

Continuum International Publishing Group, Incorporated

<p>Book by Eugene Kennedy, Sara C. Charles</p>

On Becoming a Counselor : A Basic Guide for Nonprofessional Counselors

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Sara C. Charles

Psychology & Counseling

Continuum International Publishing Group

"...will help you cope with the pain of being human and revel in the joy of it" --Ann LandersWith the same understanding and compassionate insights that have made his Pain of Being Human and Joy of Being Human bestselling books, Eugene Kennedy here discusses the inner barricades that people erect in their life and how certain attitudes can impede our self-realization and happiness. "We miss the human situation when we try to break away from it," he writes, adding that we must learn to accept certain limitations and human imperfections as we search for inner freedom and peace.These essays cover a wide range of situations that comprise the fabric of all human life: dealing with anger, impatience, insecurity, obsessions, loss, and death. We are helped here in seeing the meaning beneath what may appear as only a jumble of everyday events. In facilitating our greater self-understanding and self-acceptance, Kennedy helps pave the way for our handling the challenges and problems inherent in all our other relationships. The key to our success, he advises, is "our readiness to enter into our experience--to suffer it as well as to celebrate it--and always to call it by its right name."This is a helpful and practical book that gives its readers a chance to pause, reflect, and get a renewed perspective on life.

Free to be human

Self-Help

Motivational

Thomas More Press

Reflections on the Church and society from a popular syndicated columnist and award-winning author of numerous books on Catholic faith and culture.

Blogging Towards Bethlehem: Discovering the Eternal in the Seasons of Ordinary Time

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Hidden Spring

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