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Basic personal counselling : a training manual for counsellors (2022) - eBook by David Geldard; Kathryn Geldard ; Rebecca Yin Foo

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Counseling and psychotherapy theories in context and practice : skills, strategies, and techniques (2018) - eBook and book by John Sommers-Flanagan; Rita Sommers-Flanagan
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Counselling skills and theory (2021) - eBook and book by Margaret Hough
Personality theories : critical perspectives (2009) - eBook by Albert Ellis, Mike Abrams and Lidia Abrams

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Readings

Egan, G. D. (2019). The skilled helper: A problem-management and opportunity-development approach to helping (11th ed.).
Cengage. (p. 10)
Geldard, D., Geldard, K., & Foo, R. Y. (2022). Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors (9th ed.).
Cengage.
Chapter 1 What is counselling?
Hough, M. (2014). Counselling skills and theory (4th ed.).
Hodder Education.
Chapter 1 Key aspects of counselling
Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). (n.d.). Counselling & psychotherapy definitions.
https://www.pacfa.org.au/Portal/Prac-Res/Resources/CPDefinitions.aspx?WebsiteKey=663df354-bb4c-40db-9f44-9f1e672224ed
Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2015). Counseling and psychotherapy theories in context and practice: Skills, strategies and techniques (2nd ed.).
Wiley.
Chapter 1 Psychotherapy and counseling essentials an introduction
Velleman, R., & Aris, S. (2010). Counselling and helping (2nd ed.).
BPS Blackwell. (pp. 15-28)

Audet, C. T. (2011). Client perspectives of therapist self-disclosure: Violating boundaries or removing barriers?
Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 24(2), 85-100.
Australia Counselling. (n.d.). Boundaries: Definition, types and how to set them up?
https://www.australiacounselling.com.au/boundaries-definition-types-and-how-to-set-them-up/
Daymond, K., & Millward, S. (2021). What do counsellors and psychotherapists mean by boundaries? [Client information sheet].
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. https://www.bacp.co.uk/media/11059/bacp-boundaries-client-information-sheet-march-21.pdf
Geldard, D., Geldard, K., & Foo, R. Y. (2022). Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors (9th ed.).
Cengage.
Chapter 2 The counselling relationship
Chapter 3 Influence of the counsellor's values
Chapter 41 Cultural issues
Johannes, C. K., & Erwin, P. G. (2004). Developing multicultural competence: Perspectives on theory and practice.
Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 17(3), 329-338.
Relationships Australia Victoria. (n.d.). Maintaining personal and professional boundaries.
https://www.relationshipsvictoria.org.au/media/g10lkvqa/maintaining-professional-boundaries-tip-sheet-21079-web.pdf

Geldard, D., Geldard, K., & Foo, R. Y. (2022). Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors (9th ed.).
Cengage.
Chapter 5 Joining and listening
Chapter 6 Reflection of content (paraphrasing)
Hough, M. (2014). Counselling skills and theory (4th ed.).
Hodder Education.
Chapter 2 Skills and approaches
Steven, J. C. (n.d.). Basic counseling skills everyone can learn and use.
Basic Counseling Skills. https://www.basic-counseling-skills.com/

Cochran, J. L., & Cochran, N. H. (2006). The heart of counseling: A guide to developing therapeutic relationships.
Thomson/Wadsworth. (Chapter 4 Expressing empathy, pp. 60-75)
Geldard, D., Geldard, K., & Foo, R. Y. (2022). Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors (9th ed.).
Cengage.
Chapter 7 Reflection of feelings
Chapter 8 Reflection of content and feelings
Icebreaker Ideas. (2021). Best icebreaker ideas, group games, trivia & riddles.
https://icebreakerideas.com
Steven, J. C. (n.d.). Basic counseling skills everyone can learn and use.
Basic Counseling Skills. https://www.basic-counseling-skills.com/

Geldard, D., Geldard, K., & Foo, R. Y. (2022). Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors (9th ed.).
Cengage.
Chapters 9 Use and abuse of questions
Chapter 10 Summarising
Chapter 11 Matching language and metaphor
Chapter 12 Creating comfortable closure
Steven, J. C. (n.d.). Basic counseling skills everyone can learn and use.
Basic Counseling Skills. https://www.basic-counseling-skills.com/

Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors. (2013, September 6). Role play: Person centred therapy [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/4wTVbzvBH0k
Bert Western. (2012, December 11). 01-Carl Rogers on empathy [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/iMi7uY83z-U
Ellis, A., Abrams, L. D., & Abrams, M. (2009). Personality theories: Critical perspectives.
Sage.
Chapter 4 Freud and the dynamic unconscious
Chapter 11 Humanistic views of personality
Hough, M. (2014). Counselling skills and theory (4th ed.).
Hodder Education.
Chapter 5 Phenomenological and humanistic approaches
Jacobs, N., & Reupert, A. (2014). The effectiveness of supportive counselling, based on Rogerian principles: A systematic review of recent international and Australian research.
PACFA. https://www.pacfa.org.au/common/Uploaded%20files/PCFA/Documents/Research/The-effectiveness-of-Supportive-Counselling-based-on-Rogerian-principles.pdf
Lees-Oakes, R., & Kelly, K. (Presenters). (n.d.). Contracting - Core conditions - Silence [Audio podcast].
Counselling Tutor. https://counsellingtutor.com/contracting-the-core-conditions-and-silence/
McLeod, S. (2024, January 29). Car Rogers humanistic theory and contribution to psychology.
Simply Psychology. https://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-rogers.html
Rogers, C. (1990). A client-centred approach to therapy
In H. Kirschenbaum, & V. Henderson (Eds.), The Carl Rogers reader. Constable.( Chapter 10, pp. 135-152)

Ellis, A., Abrams, L. D., & Abrams, M. (2009). Personality theories: Critical perspectives.
Sage.
Chapter 4 Freud and the dynamic unconscious
Hough, M. (2014). Counselling skills and theory (4th ed.).
Hodder Education.
Chapter 3 Psychodynamic counselling
Chapter 4 Post-Freudian psychodynamic counselling
Lees-Oakes, R., & Kelly, K. (Presenters). (n.d.). Counselling 'volume' - Transference & countertransference - Paraphrasing - UPR (No. 003) [Audio podcast episode].
In Counselling Tutor Podcast. Counselling Tutor. https://counsellingtutor.com/003-transference-countertransference-paraphrasing-and-upr/
Nelson-Jones, R. (2006). Theory and practice of counselling and therapy (4th ed.).
Sage. (Chapter 2, pp. 20-49)
Psychodynamic Psychology. (2020, August 26). Introduction to psychodynamic theory and therapy (for beginners) [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/fmF9-wnTapI?si=v2v3kSqjE9WXWQl0

Distributed Learning. (2013, November 14). Psy 104 week 3 - classic conditioning Pavlov and his legacy [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/_NSeYRanbbU
Ellis, A., Abrams, L. D., & Abrams, M. (2009). Personality theories: Critical perspectives.
Sage.
Chapter 10 Behaviorist views of personality
Chapter 13 Early cognitive views of personality
Geldard, D., Geldard, K., & Foo, R. Y. (2022). Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors (9th ed.).
Cengage.
Chapter 20 Challenging self-destructive beliefs
Hough, M. (2014). Counselling skills and theory (4th ed.).
Hodder Education.
Chapter 8 Cognitive behavioural therapy
Johnson, J. (2014, October 23). Case study clinical example CBT: First session with a client with symptoms of depression (CBT model) [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/7LD8iC4NqXM?si=N-YtXGAmSe7prGBS
O'Donohue, W., & Fisher, J. (Eds.). (2012). Cognitive behavior therapy: Core principles of practice.
Wiley.
Therapist Aid. (2014, October 23). ABC model of cognitive behavioral therapy [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/WRRdSm4ZjX4?si=lCmYk70vvGQw9YqA

Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors. (2013, September 6). Role play: Solution focused therapy [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/T33j_ZETzUs?si=Lu9PL2E7fV2bJ04R
Carr, A. (1998). Michael White's narrative therapy.
Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal, 20(4), 485-503. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021680116584
Geldard, D., Geldard, K., & Foo, R. Y. (2022). Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors (9th ed.).
Cengage.
Chapter 21 Externalising
Chapter 22 Solution-focused counselling skills
Grande, T. (2016, February 15). Narrative therapy role-play - externalizing the problem - excessive worry [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/Gbt41Zn8qSU?si=XBW0rFDLzSCmR5dK
Grande, T. (2018, February 21). What is narrative therapy? [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/GoMfpmTJ28c?si=3NO_M09XAqVQpCGn
Hedtke, L. (2014). Creating stories of hope: A narrative approach to illness, death and grief.
The International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, (1), 1-10.
Power, C. (Presenter). (2015, December 24). 100: The solution-oriented approach: An interview with Bill O'Hanlon. [Audio podcast episode].
The Australia Counselling Podcast. Australia Counselling. http://members.australiacounselling.com.au/podcasts/solution-oriented-approach/
Sharry, J., Darmondy, M., & Madden, B. (2002). A solution-focused approach to working with clients who are suicidal.
British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 30(4), 383-399. https://doi.org/10.1080/0306988021000025690
Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2015). Counseling and psychotherapy theories in context and practice: Skills, strategies and techniques (2nd ed.).
Wiley.
Chapter 11 Constructive theory and therapy

Geldard, D., Geldard, K., & Foo, R. Y. (2022). Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors (9th ed.).
Cengage.
Chapter 25 Making decisions
Chapter 26 Facilitating action
Grove, D. (2011, October 31). The art of brainstorming: An essential life skill.
Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. https://www.ccpa-accp.ca/the-art-of-brainstorming-an-essential-life-skill-2/
Mind Tools Content Team. (n.d.). Brainstorming: Generating many radical, creative ideas.
https://www.mindtools.com/brainstm.html
Ms Thinkology The Brain And Mind Unlocked. (2013, July 2). The brain unlocked the importance of writing down your goals [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/Xl4_yJECHo0
Sprouts. (2017, November 28). Brainstorming techniques: How to innovate in groups [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/YXZamW4-Ysk?si=9Yr64YpFls8Eckri
Tedx Talks. (2013, November 8). If you want to achieve your goals, don’t focus on them: Reggie Rivers at TEDxCrestmoorParkED [Video].
YouTube. https://youtu.be/V2PP3p4_4R8

Abramson, A. (2022, July 1). When therapy comes to an end: How can clinicians bolster growth at the conclusion of a therapeutic relationship?
Monitor on Psychology, 53(5). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/07/career-therapy-conclusion
Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors. (2010, March 12). The importance of counselling supervision.
AIPC Online Article Library. https://www.aipc.net.au/articles/the-importance-of-counselling-supervision/
Comorbidity Guidelines. (n.d.). Referrals.
https://comorbidityguidelines.org.au/b5-coordinating-care/referrals
Figley, C. R. (2002). Compassion fatigue: Psychotherapists’ chronic lack of self care.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58(11), 1433-1441. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.10090
Geldard, D., Geldard, K., & Foo, R. Y. (2022). Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors (9th ed.).
Cengage.
Chapter 38 Becoming a counsellor
Chapter 39 The counselling environment
Chapter 40 Keeping records of counselling sessions
Chapter 41 Cultural issues
Chapter 42 Confidentiality and other ethical issues
Good Therapy. (2019). How to navigate the termination of therapy with a client.
https://www.goodtherapy.org/for-professionals/business-management/private-practices/article/how-to-navigate-the-termination-of-therapy-with-a-client
Hough, M. (2014). Counselling skills and theory (4th ed.).
Hodder Education.
Chapter 9 Ethical considerations
Proctor, B. (1994). Supervision: Competence, confidence, accountability.
British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 22(3), 309-318. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069889400760331
Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia. (2017). PACFA code of ethics.
PACFA. https://www.pacfa.org.au/portal/Prac-Res/Code-of-Ethics/
Sexton, L. (1999). Vicarious traumatisation of counsellors and effects on their workplaces.
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 27(3), 393-403. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069889908256279