Counselling Skills for Healthcare Professionals
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Aims
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Towards a Definition of Counselling
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History and Evolution of Counselling
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Nurses and Counselling
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What Settings do Nurses Most Require Good Counselling Skills?
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Approaches to Counselling
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Counselling or Psychotherapy?
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Focus on Person Centred Approach
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Guiding principles of Person Centred Approach
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Qualities of the Counsellor
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Self Awareness
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The Counselling Relationship
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Boundaries
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Effective Communication Skills
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Therapeutic use of ‘Self’
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Directive vs Non-Directive
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Facilitating the ‘Story’
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Knowing your Limits
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Catharsis
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Congruence
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Unconditional Positive Regard
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What Constitutes a ‘Crisis’ in Counselling
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Use of Language
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Breaking Bad News
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Last Straw Syndrome
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Being Present in the Face of Emotional Anguish
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Personality Types
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Common Counselling Terms
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Do’s and Don’ts of Counselling
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Protecting Yourself as a Counsellor
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Quiz
