Counselling Skills For Dummies

You may find Gillie Bolton’s The Therapeutic Potential of Creative Writing: Writing Myself (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) helpful to read.

writing is therapeutic for a wide range of problematic situations and emotions

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research,

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

think it over and to reach her own conclusions

objective is the other person’s understanding.

Remember not to rush to offer solutions

More helpful is to identify how the person did well

you may have something to work on. Thank the giver for the feedback.

defences is good practice