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First Steps in Counselling: A Students' Companion for Basic Introductory Courses | 
 enlarge | Author: Pete Sanders
Publisher: PCCS Books
Category: Book
List Price: £14.00
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 591
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3Rev Ed
Pages: 152
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1898059519
Dewey Decimal Number: 361
EAN: 9781898059516
ASIN: 1898059519
Publication Date: August 2002
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 Not so stuffy July 23, 2008
Heidi Becket-clinton (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really have a problem with author's who can't see past the tip of their nose, Pete Saunders I believe *can.* A lot of material is very clearly covered - gaining insight bilaterally into the potential of 'counselling' as a career or 'helper.' *Very* good explanations and comparisons of varying psycho-analytic methods.
Oh I so resent Freud for being so stuffy....(Tho there are 'glory moments' in Pete Saunders book, I suppose he's allowed...) ;o)
Very good on the whole, easy to read, thorough explanations and guidance in MANY areas.
fantastic excellent awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!love it buy it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May 4, 2008
Melo-d (United kingdom)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have just started an introductory course in counselling and bought this book to underpin the course content. Well I think the author is amazing and the values that he presents in the book are the kind that I aspire to . The book can be read and should be read by anyone particularly those on counselling courses. If anyone reads this book and doesn't connect with it with regard to counselling I would question if they really have what it takes to pursue a counselling role. We are after all living in a multicultural world. This book is modern with a modern outlook, if only the author was still counselling and teaching!!!!! he has singlehandedly made me want to pursue counselling training further and get involved particularly if you get to meet people with the kind of values that he talks about. An Excellent forward thinking book with right on views. This is just the sort of thing we ought to be embracing in 2008. Excellent !!!!!!!!!!!10 stars
good companion March 2, 2008
Joanne Jolley (UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am halfway through my introduction to counselling course and this book has been a lifesaver to me on more than one occassion. I read it before I started the course to give me an insight of what to expect then as I have been each week more and more of the book makes sense and has deeper meaning (without sounding too deep...) Its great highly recommended.
 Not good February 18, 2008
Laura Blake (London)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
I know I am going against the grain to be writing a negative review of this book however, I just can't find anything positive about it.
The author 'Pete' introduces himself by saying he changed his name from 'Peter' to 'Pete' as a teenager when he discovered via numerology!!! that 'Pete' had better star potential than 'Peter'. What place this has in an academic text, I do not know. He may as well say he believed in flying teapots!
Futhermore, he goes onto say most psychological theories were written by white well-educated men, and that women and black people felt left out. What rubbish. Does that mean, that theories written by women exclude everyone other than women? I am tired of this lefty chant and numerology Pete does nothing to improve his lack of rigor with this kind of nonsense.
Read it if you have to but don't bother to buy it. There are better books out there.
 Good starter book November 30, 2006
Freebird (East Anglia)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I found this very useful as a starting point. Easy to locate information and good brief summaries on the different models used. Also written in a style very easy to follow - not at all patronising. It gives good clear explanations too.
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