Personal and Professional Development for Counsellors (Professional Skills for Counsellors Series)

"A 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 The personal and professional development of therapists is essen What 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. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 166-170) And Index. In this practical guide, Paul Wilkins attempts to make clear why personal and professional development is so important for therapists, and so essential to good practice, and discusses various ways to expand and develop skills