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Cathy McQuaid’s guide explains entry requirements, course curriculum, and terms, then details the training relationship, group process, and common challenges trainees face. It also outlines expected outcomes after training completion and supports readers in aligning personal, professional, and educational needs with appropriate course selection and future employment prospects.","What You Really Need to Know about Counselling and Psychotherapy Training  \nBecoming a counsellor or psychotherapist is a transformative and life-changing experience. Some trainees manage this process well, while others struggle to come to terms with the personal impact of their training.  \nIn What You Really Need to Know about Counselling and Psychotherapy Training, Cathy McQuaid provides an in-depth but accessible guide to the processes of understanding individual motivations for wanting to undertake training and choosing the most appropriate course. Backed by extensive research, the book explains the training process from beginning to end, covering topics including:  \n• entry requirements, course curriculum and terms and conditions of training;  \n• the training relationship and group process;  \n• the challenges of training;  \n• the outcomes of counselling and psychotherapy training.  \nMcQuaid leads the reader through the process of choosing a course, working with the course leader and with a group of peers and considering potential employment prospects upon completion.  \nPrompting the reader to consider their own personal, professional and educational needs within the framework of training, this is essential reading for anyone thinking of training as a counsellor or psychotherapist and for trainers and training course providers.  \nCathy McQuaid is a UKCP registered transactional analysis psychotherapist and integrative psychotherapist in private practice. She is an EATA accredited trainer and supervisor and has a passion for training, training standards and research. She is also a freelance trainer and external examiner for a number of counselling and psychotherapy training organizations and higher education establishments.  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nWhat You Really Need to Know about Counselling and Psychotherapy Training  \nAn essential guide  \nCathy McQuaid  \nFirst published 2014  \nby Routledge  \n27 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2FA and by Routledge  \n711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017  \nRoutledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2014 Cathy McQuaid  \nThe right of Cathy McQuaid to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nTrademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data McQuaid, Cathy.  \nWhat you really need to know about : counselling and psychotherapy  \ntraining : an essential guide / Cathy McQuaid.—First Edition. pages cm  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \n1. Counseling—Vocational guidance. 2. Psychotherapy—Vocational guidance. I. Title.  \nBF636 .64. 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