A Student's Guide to Therapeutic Counselling

Author(s) : Kelly Budd, Author(s) : Traci Postings, Author(s) : Heather Price

A Student's Guide to Therapeutic Counselling

Book Details

  • Publisher : Sage
  • Published : April 2025
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Pages : 336
  • Category :
    Counselling
  • Catalogue No : 94824
  • ISBN 13 : 9781529682465
  • ISBN 10 : 1529682460

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This highly practical book, published in partnership with CPCAB, is a comprehensive training guide for learners on diploma practitioner courses at Level 4 and above. Based around CPCAB’s seven core processes of practitioner development, it introduces core curriculum topics including knowledge, skills and practice issues. It provides learners with essential support through study tips and answers to their most commonly asked questions.

Table of Contents


Part I - Training to be a Counsellor

1. Working Ethically and Safely as a Counselling Professional
2. The Therapeutic Relationship
3. Difference and Diversity
4. A User-Centred Approach
5. Working with Self-Awareness
6. Counselling Skills and Theory

Part II - Practice Issues

7. Working Self-Reflectively
8. The Counselling Training Placement
9. Placement Supervision
10. Agency Requirements
11. Personal Therapy Requirements:Why Engage in Personal Therapy
12. Trainee Self-Care and Avoidance of Burnout
13. Writing a Case Study
14. Recording a Counselling Session and Analysing a Transcript
15. What If? Introduction
16. What Next? Private Practice

About the Author(s)

Kelly Budd is an experienced person-centred counsellor, supervisor and tutor. She has worked at CPCAB, the UK’s only awarding organisation specialising in counselling and psychotherapy, since 2017. In her role as Chief Professional Standards Officer, she oversees the valuable work of the qualification service to maintain the standards and relevance of CPCAB qualifications. Prior to this she spent many years working in substance misuse agency settings and also private practice work. She is passionate about high quality counselling education and championing the importance of human connection in training. She is an advocate for inclusive vocational training pathways towards becoming a counsellor and enabling students to flourish and gain self-understanding through their training. She has a particular interest in supporting practitioners taking their first steps into the field of counselling and found her years teaching diploma programmes hugely inspirational.

Traci Postings is an experienced counsellor and supervisor and has taught extensively in adult education. She has been a training consultant in the homelessness and addiction sectors, and compiled a training manual highlighting the value of counselling skills in health and social care settings. More recently, Traci has been involved in qualification and competence development, being committed to promoting and achieving high standards in the counselling professions.

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Heather Price is a very experienced counselling tutor, having delivered CBCAB qualifications at Levels 2, 3 and 4 in a College of Further Education. Later, her role at CPCAB Head Office included managing Levels 4 – 6, and supporting centres to produce their own tailor made qualifications. She continues to internally verify coursework from the latter, and externally verifies other centres who run regulated counselling qualifications. Her area of interest is in loss and bereavement and she worked for 25 years as a counsellor, supervisor and trainer with Cruse Bereavement Care. Heather continues to moderate supervision portfolios for Cruse, and runs her own small private practice for counselling, supervision and consultancy.

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