Case Material and Role Play in Counselling Training

Between them, Janet Tolan and Susan Lendrum have nearly thirty years of experiences as counselling trainers. They have worked as practitioners in fields as diverse as voluntary telephone counselling, personnel work in industry, primary health care and local government. Following the recent rapid rise in counselling training, Case Material and Role Play in Counselling Training is the long awaited answer to the demand for an accessible and practical guide for trainers and educators in counselling skills, therapeutic counsellors and psychotherapists. It offers help to those designing a course and to those wondering how to enliven their training sessions. Part one describes how case materials and role play can form part of an overall training programme, and offers step-by-step instructions on how to use or adapt them. Part two comprises over 250 case vignettes and role plays and is further divided into two sections. The first covers core relationship skills such as beginnings and endings, empathy and ethical issues. The second covers practice issues such as loss and bereavement, sexuality and depression. Part two is cross-referenced so that readers looking for particular materials can select them according to: the work setting of their client group; the age of their client group; the stage of the relationship; or the focus of counselling.

Table of Contents:
PART I USING THE MATERIALS Introduction 1. Why Use Case Materials and Role Play?; Rationale, The importance of empathy, The importance of trainee self awareness, The importance of course members' responsiblity for learning, The importance of the trainer-course member relationship, The importance of equal opportunities, The elements within a training course, Conclusion 2. Case Materials: Purposes and Procedure; Purposes of case materials, Uses of case materials in developing empathy, Procedure for case material 3. Basic Role Play: Purpose and Procedure; Purpose of role play, Projected and personal role play: participant roles, Procedure for basic personal role play, Development of personal role play as training progresses, Procedure for basic projected role play 4. Role Play Variations; Purpose of varying role play methods, Horseshoe, Excuse Me, Rondelle, Demonstration fishbowl, Group and linked role play, Variations on the variations, Conclusion 5. Adapting Case and Role Play Materials; Introduction, Levels of training, Use of key questions for different objectives, Altering the complexity of the material, Adapting for different work contexts, Equal opportunities or difference and discrimination, Conclusion Part II THE RESOURCES How to use Part II Materials Reference Table Section A Core Relationship Skills, Section B Practice Themes, Categories across section A and B Section A Core Relationship Skills Material; A1 Core conditions: the basis for trust, A2 Developing the relationship, A3 Beginnings and endings, A4 Ethics and good practice Section B Practice Themes Material; B1 Loss (general), B2 Bereavement, B3 Change and transition, B4 Sexuality, B5 Race and culture, B6 Disability, B7 Stress, anxiety, depression

About the Author :
Janet Tolan (Consultant, private practice) (Author) ,  Susan Lendrum (Author)

Review :
'Trainers ad lecturers all over the country will jump at this book...I can heartily endorse its directness, coherence and usefulness.' - Changes