Counselling for Toads: A Psychological Adventure

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Through this anthropomorphic parable, de Board takes readers into a realistic, humorous, and humane account of being in psychotherapy. I suspect that Toad would find great pleasure to know that this story of his life, struggles, and recovering is still being read 25 years since its original publication. Counselling for Toads offers an overview of the basics of transactional analysis in practice. In the 25 years since the book was written, transactional analysis has continued to evolve and is now a model of human relations work applied in psychotherapy, counselling, education, and organizational development." - William F. Cornell, MA, TSTA, editor of the Routledge book series, Innovations in Transactional Analysis , and editor of Into TA: A Comprehensive Textbook on Transactional Analysis. For anyone wishing to know something about transactional analysis this is a clear and very readable introduction." - The Friend

An imaginative attempt to explain the counselling process... the idea of counselling is all around, but this demystified it wittily." - Openmind This book will be appealing to children and adults of all ages, either as a continuation of life at Toad Hall or as an insight into being a student, client or counsellor and is respectful of the spirit of Kenneth Grahame’s original novel. It’s a must read for anyone interested either in the counselling process or in getting to know themselves a little bit better! When the counselling session was over, Heron asks Toad to talk about his progress throughout the counselling sessions they have had. Heron uses a variety of therapy models, such as Person Centred, Psychodynamic and Existential, to help Toad explore his childhood, his relationships and his way of being. Heron also makes great use of the Transactional Analysis’ ego states of Child, Parent and Adult to help Toad understand why he and others behave in the ways that they do. Providing Toad with some Psychoeducation, as he learns to analyse his own feelings and develop his emotional intelligence. Friendly introduction to the ideas behind counselling, suitable for voluntary organizations, schools, social work departments, hospitals, etc. A book which a counsellor could give to a client. Many libraries, both public & institutional should find a place for it on their shelves.A delightful book which...offers a gentle introduction to Transactional Analysis and much more. -- Relate News Robert de Board is an organizational consultant based in Henley-on-Thames. He is the author of Counselling Skills (1994) and The Psychoanalysis of Organisations Routledge (1990).