Bücher von Philip Burnard

No amount of talking, on its own, can really make a difference if people do not end up doing something as a result of counselling. Counselling Skills for Health Professionals is not just a 'how to do it' book: people are probably too complicated for that approach to be of much use.

The first aim of this book is to discuss the various sorts of stress that may be experienced by a variety of health professionals, including social workers, nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, occu pational therapists and others.

Part of a series, this book argues that most people have the personal experience to enable them to help others to improve their interpersonal skills. This book is aimed at anyone in the health professions who is concerned about enhancing their own or others' interpersonal competence.

When you write a book like this you put yourself on the line: you run the risk of people reading what you have written and saying 'he's saying one thing and doing another'. to write for some time but was always This is a book I have wanted nervous of writing, so here it is: an introduction to some of the ways and means of writing.

This guide offers both the theory and practice of how to draw on people's life experience in order to enhance their interpersonal skills. Chapters are included on educational theory, managing learning groups and curriculum design. Activities and exercises are included.

Most health professionals have to use computers - at least some of the time. It has been my experience - as a health care lecturer and as a regular com puter user - that you need to develop a certain baseline of confidence in working with them.

Focuses on practical ways of enhancing communication between health professionals and their patients or clients and between those professionals and their colleagues. Covered are educational, therapeutic, organizational and personal skills, and each section contains a skills checklist.