Books on Counseling

Books on Counseling

Searching for books on counseling? Me too, and I am delighted to find some of the online options available.

Being a bit of a traditionalist, I like the ritual associated with reading a book that I learned as a kid, which was to find a comfortable spot and sit down with my favorite beverage and read.

We had a rocking chair that made the process of reading a book much more comfortable, and I could move it to the porch in the summer, and close to the fire place in the winter, but reading was a significant part of my growing up experience.

I used to go to the public library as a kid in the summer and sign up for the contests to see who could read the most books, thinking nobody could ever beat me, and invariably I was irritated to find myself back in the pack, but I lived, and then decades later I actually find myself in a field where reading and keeping up with information in books on counseling is a key piece of what I want to do to serve my clients well.

And then along came the computer, and now books on counseling are available to order online, or read online, even by the chapter.

That seems amazing to this late life geek wanna be, because when I went back to graduate school in 1996, when PC's were first becoming main stream, I was quite proud of not knowing how to use a computer, at least until I saw that the card catalog was computerized.

I was looking to write my very first paper in graduate school, and remembered the card catalog being this block long cabinet with small shelves of index cards filled with typewritten information. Imagine my surprise to find that cabinet contained in a PC.

But I was determined and sat myself down to discover books on counseling, and now the book sellers and book publishers are doing both online, in fact, I could write my own book on counseling if I wanted.

Buy and Sell Text Books? Buy a Book on Counseling and Sell It Back?

The industry has changed hasn't it? So what are your options for finding books on counseling? Well, check this out for e-books, e-chapters, books on counseling rental, and even hard copies for the traditionalists among us.

Here is an example of a Cengage text, and it looks to be an excellent tool for folks just looking to improve their communication skills.

This innovative teaching and learning package offers an interactive combination of a worktext, CD-ROM, and videocassette to cover the fundamental counseling responses (skills) found in any of the helping professions. A basic primer to teach helping responses, it doesn't delve into the underlying theories or any of the more advanced techniques. It's basically a how-to project for those learning to become counselors. Using worktext, videocassette, and CD-ROM, users will learn a new, simplified model for recognizing and using counseling responses. This unparalleled package is the ideal vehicle to provide students with a simple format for learning basic counseling responses like empathy, paraphrasing, and self-disclosure. Plus, the complete package is priced affordably to effectively meet the needs of different approaches and budgets. For example, you can use it alone or in concert with a book that takes a theories approach.

Want a social conscience with your rental? I love to read in a hammock strung between a couple of trees in my yard too.

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