"Essentials Of Counseling" Summary of The Book: This book aims to familiarize readers with the basic concepts, ethics, skills, approaches and issues of counseling. It provides a comprehensive overview and general understanding of the profession of counseling. All educators including students, teachers, researchers, counselors, psychologists, clinical psychologists or social practitioners from any disciplines even doctors or all other professionals can be benefited from this book. It incorporates a vast variety of areas that apply to many different environments and circumstances including stress and time management, assertiveness and relaxation, anger and conflict resolution, domestic violence, emotional abuse, verbal abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse counseling. It will enhance counseling basic skills to create a positive relationship between client and therapist and how these skills can help the client to make positive changes. It offers an inside view of core counseling techniques
Syed Muhammad Sajjad Kabir (SMS Kabir) has a wide range of experiences in the field of teaching and research. Currently, he is working for Jagannath University of Bangladesh as Assistant Professor in the department of Psychology. Before he joined Jagannath University in December, 2015 SMS Kabir had served at Chittagong University as Chairman (June, 2013 to December, 2015) & Assistant Professor (February, 2010 to December 2015) in the department of Psychology. He also served Independent University-Bangladesh (IUB), Southeast University, Begum Gulchemonara Trust University (BGC Trust), Chittagong BGMEA Institute of Fashion & Technology (CBIFT) & Dhaka College as an adjunct faculty (guest teacher), and North South University (NSU) as teaching assistant. SMS Kabir was also involved as a part-time researcher in different private research organizations. He earned his Post-Graduate and Graduate degrees in Psychology from University of Dhaka. SMS Kabir completed his HSC and SSC both in Science Group from Dhaka College and RSK Institution Rajbari respectively. To his credit SMS Kabir has more than 22 scientific papers published in international and national peer reviewed journals. He has also written two books named Essentials of Counseling and Bangladesher Samajtattwa (Sociology of Bangladesh).