蛤蟆先生一向爱笑爱闹，如今却一反常态地郁郁寡欢，他一个人躲在屋里，连起床梳洗的力气都没有。朋友们非常担心他，建议他去做心理咨询。在10次心理咨询中，蛤蟆在咨询师苍鹭的带领下，勇敢地探索了自己的内心世界，也逐渐找回了信心与希望……
这并不是一本写给孩子看的书，而是一本非常有深度的心理疗愈读物。出版20多年来，已成为英国国民级心理咨询入门书。它基于TA沟通分析心理学的理论，讲述了一个抑郁症病人通过十次心理咨询，终于找回快乐和自信的全过程。在书中，可以看到心理咨询的倾听、共情、沟通技巧，也可以看到一个标准的心理咨询流程的模板。读者犹如亲临现场，体验心理咨询的每一个细节，见证疗愈和改变的发生。
在这本书里，作者借由蛤蟆和心理咨询师苍鹭的互动，探索了蛤蟆自卑、软弱、爱炫耀的个性与抑郁的情绪究竟来源于何处，让读者看到童年经历对人格的深刻影响，以及如何才能在心理上真正长大成人，独立、自信、充满希望地生活。

'Toad', the famous character in Kenneth Grahame's
is in a very depressed state and his good friends Rat, Mole and Badger, are 'worried that he might do something silly'...
First they nursed him. Then they encouraged him. Then they told him to pull himself together... Finally, Badger could stand it no longer. That admirable animal, though long on exhortation, was short on patience.
'Now look here Toad, this can go on no longer', he said sternly. 'There is only one thing left. You must have counselling!'
Robert de Board's engaging account of Toad's experience of counselling will capture the imagination of the growing readership of people who are interested in counselling and the counselling process. Written as a real continuation of life on the River Bank, Toad and his friends come to life all over again.
Heron, the counsellor, uses the language and ideas of transactional analysis as his counselling method. Through the dialogues which make up the ten sessions, or chapters of the book, Toad learns how to analyse his own feelings and develop his emotional intelligence. He meets his 'rebellious child' and his 'adult' along the way, and by the end of the book, as debonair as ever he was, is setting out on a completely new adventure. As readers learn about Toad, so they can learn about themselves and be encouraged to take the path of psychological growth and development.
Best-selling author, Robert de Board says: 'Toad's experiences are based on my own experiences of counselling people over a period of twenty years.
is really an amalgamation of the many counselling sessions I have held and contains a distillation of the truths I have learnt from practice.'
Appropriate for anyone approaching counselling for the first time, whether as a student or as a client, or for the professional counsellor looking for something to recommend to the hesitant,
will appeal to both children and adults of all ages.

'Toad', the famous character in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows is in a very depressed state and his good friends Rat, Mole and Badger, are 'worried that he might do something silly'...First they nursed him. Then they encouraged him. Then they told him to pull himself together... Finally, Badger could stand it no longer. That admirable animal, though long on exhortation, was short on patience.'Now look here Toad, this can go on no longer', he said sternly. 'There is only one thing left. You must have counselling!'Robert de Board's engaging account of Toad's experience of counselling will capture the imagination of the growing readership of people who are interested in counselling and the counselling process. Written as a real continuation of life on the River Bank, Toad and his friends come to life all over again.Heron, the counsellor, uses the language and ideas of transactional analysis as his counselling method. Through the dialogues which make up the ten sessions, or chapters of the book, Toad learns how to analyse his own feelings and develop his emotional intelligence. He meets his 'rebellious child' and his 'adult' along the way, and by the end of the book, as debonair as ever he was, is setting out on a completely new adventure. As readers learn about Toad, so they can learn about themselves and be encouraged to take the path of psychological growth and development. Best-selling author, Robert de Board 'Toad's experiences are based on my own experiences of counselling people over a period of twenty years. Counselling for Toads is really an amalgamation of the many counselling sessions I have held and contains a distillation of the truths I have learnt from practice.'Appropriate for anyone approaching counselling for the first time, whether as a student or as a client, or for the professional counsellor looking for something to recommend to the hesitant, Counselling for Toads will appeal to both children and adults of all ages.