Welcome to your Counselling Subject Research Guide
Watch the video to meet your Academic and Digital Library Liaison – Stephanie Fair, then have a look in the sections below to find useful and relevant resources for your course.
If you are not able to find what you are looking for please contact your Academic Digital Library Liaison, listed at the bottom of the page, who will be happy to help you with all library and subject research needs.
Key Ebooks
The Beginner′s Guide to Counselling & Psychotherapy
An introduction to counselling
Counselling skills : a practical guide
Working more creatively with groups
Psychology : Science of Mind and Behaviour
Knowledge in a Nutshell: Sigmund Freud
Grief counselling and grief therapy
Theory of Addiction Second edition
Jung: Key Ideas
Personal Development Group for Trainee Counsellors
Counselling Skills for Working with Trauma
Gift of Tears
Library Search
eCore is an essential tool for finding, via one single search box, information from the physical and online library resources available to you, including:
- Research Starters
- Library catalogue
- Ebooks
- Magazines articles
- News and newspaper articles
- Encyclopedia articles
- Additional Online Resources
Podcasts
Podcasts are a good way to keep up with the latest discussions and trends related to your field of study. Here you can find relevant Podcasts, from trusted organisations and authors, for your subject area.
- Freud in Focus
- Carl Rogers
- Susie Orbach – In Therapy
- Emmy van Deurzen – Existential Me
- BF Skinner and the Superstition Pigeon
- Carl Rogers and Person-Centred Approach
- Talking Therapies: Understanding Addiction
- Understanding the Science of Addiction
- Talking Therapies: Grief and the state of disbelief
- BACP Ethical Framework, interview with Tim Bond
New eBook
A Contemporary Approach to Substance Use Disorders and Addiction Counseling
Written as an introduction to the field of addiction counseling, this text covers the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to counsel people who are struggling with addiction.
Drs. Brooks and McHenry provide a straightforward and holistic approach to treatment and recovery, from the major theoretical underpinnings, to assessment and diagnosis, to relapse prevention.
New ebook
The Tribes of the Person-Centred Nation
From its origins in the work and research of Carl Rogers in the 1960s to today, the person-centred approach has resonated with the hearts, minds and experience of those looking to train as a counsellor. But person-centred approaches have not stood still, and in this book you will find descriptions of some of the many seedlings that have flourished from its root stock, fed by its core principles.
This classic text is essential reading for those training and embarking on a career in counselling.
ClickView
ClickView is Edinburgh College’s media player. It contains TV & Radio programmes recorded from free-to-air channels and Audio & Video produced by staff.
For sign in guidance, please visit our Clickview page.
Here are some relevant videos for your subject area.
Online Resources
Credo
A useful resource for all subject areas, featuring reference works such as encyclopedias and dictionaries alongside textbooks.
You can display your search results in a traditional list layout, or you can choose to have them displayed in a concept map where linking themes, people, and events can be explored easily to expand upon your research topic.
Issues Online
Issues Online provides key information and statistics about the Social Issues of today.
Click here for an access Guide.
Gale
Using Gales PowerSearch you can search across newspapers, scholarly journals, and general reference magazines for content on all topics and subjects. Read current and historical newspaper coverage from local, national and international press, browse general magazine content, and explore articles from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources.
Online Courses
Referencing at Edinburgh College: Online Course
Our online course (approx. 30min) provides a simple introduction to referencing and plagiarism using the Harvard system of referencing. If you are new to referencing this is the ideal place to start. We provide introductory guidance on what referencing is, why you need to reference, and how to correctly reference some of the most common sources in your assignments.
The course is divided into 7 sections. Sections have short activities that you can undertake to test your own understanding of the topics you have read about.
Research Skills Course
Information finding and ‘googling’ are very regular parts of our everyday lives, but being asked to research as part of your studies involves a much more specific and systematic approach to the general ‘information finding’ we are used to.
There are many skills that need to be developed in order to conduct effective and efficient research, and this short course will give you an introduction to what we mean by research and provide you with opportunities to develop general research skills.
AI Guidance for Students
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into our daily lives, Edinburgh College is aware of the impact this could have on the student experience.
Whilst there are many applications of AI which could be beneficial to your studies, it is also crucial that you are aware of the drawbacks and limitations of this emerging and constantly developing technology, and that you are mindful of the biases, ethical and data considerations inherent in its use.
Support
Contact Stephanie Fair at stephanie.fair@edinburghcollege.ac.uk
Find contact information for the Library team by visiting our Contact and Support page