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Counselling Skills and Knowledge for SCoPEd B
Diversity, Self-awareness, Assessment and Research
Edited by:
- Felicitas Rost - Open University, UK
- Naomi Moller - Open University, UK
- Tanya Frances - Open University, UK
- Claudine McFaul - Open University, UK
- Gina Di Malta - Open University, UK
- Hayley Ness - Open University, UK
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Counselling Research Methods | Counselling and Psychotherapy (General) | Reflective practice
Counselling Research Methods | Counselling and Psychotherapy (General) | Reflective practice
October 2025 | 512 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
This text supports you to develop the counselling competencies aligned to the SCoPEd framework professional standards in Column B. It covers key competencies in client assessment, self-awareness, and knowledge and skills, with chapters on topics such as online counselling, working with unconscious and out-of-awareness processes, foundations of psychological assessment and using reflexivity in practice.
The book further emphasises the importance of research, with chapters on how to understand and evaluate quantitative and qualitative research and how both can enhance your practice. Throughout, the authors foreground diversity-informed and culturally sensitive ways of working, supporting you to adapt your skills and knowledge to meet your clients’ needs.
Each chapter includes learning features such as practice-relevant examples, key definitions and opportunities for reflection, to support you on your learning and professional development journey.
The book further emphasises the importance of research, with chapters on how to understand and evaluate quantitative and qualitative research and how both can enhance your practice. Throughout, the authors foreground diversity-informed and culturally sensitive ways of working, supporting you to adapt your skills and knowledge to meet your clients’ needs.
Each chapter includes learning features such as practice-relevant examples, key definitions and opportunities for reflection, to support you on your learning and professional development journey.
Part 1: Diversity
Tanya Frances
Chapter 1: Developing culturally sensitive understandings of psychological distress
Sharon Frazer-Carroll
Chapter 2: Identity, culture and engagement in the therapeutic relationship
Zoë Boden-Stuart
Chapter 3: Developing self-awareness in working with diversity
Dwight Turner
Chapter 4: Recognising and working with the decolonised self
Part 2: Reflexivity
Jennie Kirk
Chapter 5: Using reflexivity in counselling
Felicitas Rost, Naomi Moller
Chapter 6: Working with unconscious and out-of-awareness processes
Claudine McFaul
Chapter 7: Using reflexivity to develop and maintain emotional fitness
Trudi Macagnino
Chapter 8: Using reflexivity in supervision
Part 3: Assessment
Gina Di Malta
Chapter 9: Foundations of psychological assessment
Andrew Reeves
Chapter 10: Working with risk
Naomi Moller
Chapter 11: Conceptualising and assessing mental health difficulties
Gina Di Malta, Jo-anne Carlyle and Chris Evans
Chapter 12: Using outcome measures to inform psychological assessment
Part 4: Research
Femke Truijens and Rebeka Pàzmànyovà
Chapter 13: Why research matters for counsellors
Felicitas Rost
Chapter 14: Understanding and using quantitative research evidence
Zoë Boden-Stuart
Chapter 15: Understanding and using qualitative research evidence
Felicitas Rost and Femke Truijens
Chapter 16: Mixing methods for research–practice integration
Part 5: Developing as a practitioner
Andreas Vossler
Chapter 17: Online counselling
Hayley Ness
Chapter 18: Complex formulation and meaning making
Hayley Ness and Naomi Moller
Chapter 19: Thinking critically about counselling and psychotherapy
Kate Smith
Chapter 20: Adapting your way of working for individual clients