Simply THE best book on counseling
If you really want to understand good counseling and you care about your clients - then choice is simple. Carl Rogers elegantly describes his own approach to psychology and helping that over time came to be known as client-centered therapy. Roger leads the reader through importance of expressing emotions and reactions in order to establish trust and psychological improvement for the client.
Rogers is THE counselor. Here is his personal a to b on what it means to be a counselor, how you counsel, how the client experience counseling and how relationships develops.
Simply a god buy.