Nobody expects a book about counselling to be charming, which is precisely why Counselling for Toads works. The title takes a subject people tend to approach warily and makes it inviting, and that instinct for the friendly door is the clearest thing our catalogue reveals about Robert de Board.
The work sits under education and learning rather than self-help, and the distinction is worth keeping hold of. This is material that explains a process, the shape of a therapeutic conversation and what changes inside one, rather than promising a transformation in ten easy steps.
Whether you arrive as a student, a curious listener or somebody who has sat on the other side of that room, the approach stays the same: gentle, structured and never condescending.