Personal and Professional Development for Counsellors, Psychotherapists and Mental Health Practitioners

Part 1: Making sense of personal and professional development
What is personal development? Why is it important?
Methods for facilitating personal development
Theoretical and research perspectives
Professional development: maintaining and enhancing practical competence and career progression
Criteria for assessing the adequacy of personal and professional development

Part 2: Learning tasks for personal development
Reflecting on life experience
Personal development through participation in a learning group
Making sense: constructing a framework for understanding
Building a relationship repertoire
Developing a professional identity: putting it all together

References
Index