The professional counselor : a process guide to helping

Abstract

All chapters conclude with Summary, Exercises, Discussion Questions, and Recommended Readings. Several chapters also include Feedback for Exercises. Preface. 1.The Context for Counseling. What Is Counseling? The Parameters of Counseling. Counseling Conditions and Their Effects. Case Illustration of Possible Counseling Outcomes. Characteristics of Effective Helpers. Sensitivity to and Understanding Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Factors. The Developmental Nature of Learning to Counsel. 2.Stages and Skills of Counseling. Stages of Counseling. Client's Experience in Counseling. 3.Rapport and Relationship. Characteristics of an Effective Therapeutic Relationship. Communicating Empathy. Conditions That Convey Genuineness. Conditions That Convey Positive Regard. Functions of a Therapeutic Relationship. Effects of Therapeutic Relationships on Clients. The Relationship Stage. Children and the Counseling Relationship. 4.Assessing Client Problems. Purposes of Assessment. Components of Assessment. Clinical Assessment with Children. Clinical Assessment with Couples and Families. Using Assessment Information. Skills Associated with Assessment. Effects of Assessment on Clients. The Intake Interview. Integration of Problem-Definition with Treatment Planning. 5.Developing Counseling Goals. Functions of Counseling Goals. Parameters of Goal-Setting: Process and Outcome Goals. Three Elements of Good Outcome Goals. Obstacles in Developing Specific Goals. Skills Associated with Goal-Setting. Effects of Goal-Setting on Clients. Goal-Setting with Children. Goal-Setting and Multicultural Issues. Client Participation in Goal-Setting. Resistance to Goal-Setting. Case Illustration of Goal-Setting. 6.Defining Strategies and Selecting Interventions. Theory and the Working Alliance. Worldview and the Working Alliance. Presenting Problems and the Working Alliance. Time and the Working Alliance. Identified Goals and the Treatment Plan. Strategy Selection. Categories of Counseling Interventions. Case Illustration of Strategy and Interventions Selection. Defining a Counseling Strategy. Strategies for Working with Children. 7.Affective Interventions. Theories That Stress the Importance of Feelings. Affective Interventions. Helping Clients Express Affect. Nonverbal Affect Cues. Verbal Affect Cues. Helping Clients Sort Out Feelings. Focusing Techniques. Case Illustration of Focusing. Helping Clients Integrate or Change Feeling States. Body Work Therapy. Client Reactions to Affective Interventions. 8.Cognitive Interventions. Theories That Stress the Importance of Cognitive Processes. Goals of Cognitive Intervention. Culture and Cognitive Processes. Assessment of Cognitive Problems. A-B-C-D Analysis. Case Illustration of A-B-C-D Analysis. Injunctions and Redecision Work. Case Illustration of Injunctions and Redecision Work. Cognitive Restructuring. Differences between REBT and Cognitive Restructuring. Paradoxical Interventions. Cognitive Interventions with Spiritual Issues. Client Reactions to Cognitive Strategies. 9.Behavioral Interventions. Theories That Stress the Importance of Behavior. Goals of Behavioral Interventions. Social Modeling. Modeling, Rehearsal, and Feedback: Components of Skill Training. Case Illustration of Skill Training Operant Conditioning Interventions. Anxiety Reduction Methods. Case Illustration of Anxiety Reduction. Eye-Movement Desensitization. Self-Management. Case Illustration of Self-Management. Client Reactions to Behavioral Interventions. 10.Systemic Interventions. Theories That Stress the Importance of Systems. Interpersonal Systems Thinking. Altering Communication Patterns. Communication Skill-Building. Case Illustration of Distancer/Pursuer. Altering Family Structure. Case Illustration of Family Sculpture. Working with Families Strategically. 11.Termination and Follow-Up. The Termination Stage. Termination as a Process. The Referral Process. Coordinating the Transfer. Blocks to Termination. Case Illustration of Termination: The Case of Alex. 12.Counseling Clients in Crisis. The Nature of Crisis. Models of Crisis Intervention. Stages of Crisis Intervention. Counselor Interventions in Crisis Counseling Stages. Crisis Intervention Cases in Context. Appendix A. Appendix B. References. Index.

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