Jutas Counselling Handbook for Healthcare Professionals

Juta’s Counselling Handbook for Healthcare Professionals will help health professionals apply practical counselling principles to healthcare situations in a South African context. Given the shortage of qualified counsellors and other mental 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, we hope that this handbook will sensitise readers, so that they can design an appropriate counselling intervention that is helpful to clients and their families.