Preface -- 1. Introduction: The need for counselling -- 2. Principles and theories of counselling -- 3. Becoming a counsellor -- 4. Skills and strategies in the process of counselling -- 5. Counselling in the medical setting -- 6. Sexual counselling -- 7. Counselling in groups -- 8. Counselling for families -- 9. Counselling for women -- 10. Counselling for drug users and those who are HIV positive -- 11. Counselling skills on the telephone -- 12. Burnout in the counselling profession -- Index