Featuring a highly personal and engaging writing style, The Essential Counselor: Process, Skills, and Techniques equips readers with the knowledge, confidence, and competence they need to form and sustain a successful practice. It emphasizes the importance of developing a therapeutic alliance with clients and speaks to the skills and attitudes that will help them form, foster, and manage this critical relationship. The organization of the book roughly parallels the counseling process, focusing on the dynamics of the ...
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Featuring a highly personal and engaging writing style, The Essential Counselor: Process, Skills, and Techniques equips readers with the knowledge, confidence, and competence they need to form and sustain a successful practice. It emphasizes the importance of developing a therapeutic alliance with clients and speaks to the skills and attitudes that will help them form, foster, and manage this critical relationship. The organization of the book roughly parallels the counseling process, focusing on the dynamics of the relationships and the skills necessary at different points of the relationship's life. Opening chapters address how to prepare for and engage with a client. Additional chapters cover client assessment and taking action to help a client move toward their counseling goals. Closing chapters focus on special client types and counseling situations, the end of the counseling relationship, and the importance of counselor self-care to avoid burnout. Throughout, real-world examples, reflection activities, demonstrative videos, and skill-building exercises help readers think critically and develop key skill sets. The fourth edition has been revised to address the growing importance of multicultural issues and social justice. The chapters have also been reorganized in response to instructor feedback. Imbued with passion and practicality, The Essential Counselor is a critical and foundational resource for undergraduate and graduate-level courses and programs in counseling, human services, and the helping professions.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2011027568 Type of material Book Personal name Hutchinson, David R. Main title The essential counselor: process, skills, and techniques / David Hutchinson. Edition 2nd ed. Published/Created Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, c2012. Description xix, 363 p. : ill.; 23 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD: sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. ) ISBN 9781452205021 (pbk. ) 1452205027 (pbk. ) 9781452205045 (paper w/cd) 1452205043 (paper w/cd) LC classification BF636.6. H88 2012 Contents An invitation to counseling work--Getting started: skills and tasks for engaging a new client--Skills for developing the relationship--Skills for deepening the relationship--Assessment, goal setting, and action planning--Developing ethical and cultural competency--Essential action skills: working toward goals--Skills for managing crisis situations--Advanced action skills: moving beyond stability--Exceptional counseling challenges--Skills for ending--The whole counselor: maintaining health and perspective. LC Subjects Counseling psychology. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Dewey class no. 158.3 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn713187797
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