Overview

This handbook will help professionals to apply practical counselling principles to healthcare situations in a South African context. Given the shortage of qualified counsellors and other health professionals in South Africa, healthcare workers without specialist knowledge are often called upon to counsel clients. There is no one-size-fits-all solution for many of the issues discussed. However, this handbook will sensitize readers, so that they can design an appropriate counselling intervention that is helpful to clients and their families. The handbook comprises three sections. Section one outlines essential principles of communication useful in most interactions between the health professional and the client. Section two describes basic generic principles of counselling.The focus falls on the development and practice of skills. Section three describes the application of counselling skills to specific situations in a medical setting, such as talking about treatment options, delivering bad news, and helping with adherence to antiretroviral treatment. The emphasis throughout is on the practical application of theory. The features include: tips which describe briefly how to deal with the issue under discussion; and common pitfalls to avoid which highlight the most frequent errors made in dealing with the issue in question.

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Author:   Robyn Hamilton ,  Natalya Dinat
Publisher:   Juta & Company Ltd
Imprint:   Juta Legal and Academic Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.136kg
ISBN:  

9780702172755

ISBN 10:   0702172758
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   03 January 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Core communication skills: Overview of good communication skills; information giving; theory of behaviour change; using an interpreter effectively; power dynamics in medical settings; errors in communication. Core counselling skills: Counselling and psychotherapy; ethics of counselling; developing self-awareness; a generic counselling model; contracting; listening and attending; reflection; clarifying; probing; summarising; appropriate challenging; partialising and problem-solving; reviewing, referring and terminating; support and supervision. Counselling skills for specific situations: Obtaining informed consent; stopping smoking; communicating bad news; avoiding collusion; talking about sexuality; communicating effectively with children; talking to cognitively impaired patients; counselling for HIV testing; counselling on living positively with HIV; risk reduction counselling for HIV/AIDS; counselling on taking antiretroviral medication; example of an antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence counselling session, with different responses; containing traumatised patients; recognising the risk of suicide; counselling patients on treatment options; genetic counselling; loss and grieving.

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Robin Hamilton is a psychologist who has been involved in HIV/AIDS training on counselling and treatment issues for more than 10 years. He currently works for the Aurum Institute for Health Research in Johannesburg. Natalya Dinat is an obstetrician-gynaecologist and palliative care specialist who teaches communication skills and palliative care at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand.

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