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First Helping Interview Engaging the Client and Building Trust

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ISBN-10: 0803971419

ISBN-13: 9780803971417

Edition: 1996

Authors: Sara F. Fine, Paul H. Glasser

List price: $129.00
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Description:

This highly practical guide for both experienced and novice professionals and students reveals the steps involved in the crucial first meeting with a client. The authors approach the task of an initial interview by providing an overview of the therapeutic process and what to expect from clients. The book also explores the practical basics of therapy - counsellor-client roles, physical settings, communication dynamics, assessment and diagnosis, record-keeping, goals and contracts and trust-building. Individual chapters discuss specialist topics such as working with couples and families, the role of culture and ethnicity, when and how to refer clients with serious problems, and legal and…    
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Book details

List price: $129.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/16/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 205
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Introduction
On Writing about the First Helping Interview
What Makes Therapy Happen?
Who Are Our Clients?
Getting Started
Getting to Know the Client
Communication Dynamics of the Helping Interview
On Rules, Goals and Contracts
Trust
Special Issues in Working with Couples and Families
Working with Clients Who Are Different
Serious Problems
When and How to Refer
Legal and Ethical Issues in the First Interview
Afterthoughts