Skills and Tools for Today's Counselors and Psychotherapists From Natural Helping to Professional Counseling (with DVD)

Name: Skills and Tools for Today's Counselors and Psychotherapists From Natural Helping to Professional Counseling (with DVD)
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ISBN: 9780534644901

ISBN-10: 0534644902

ISBN-13: 9780534644901

Edition: 2006

Authors: Edward S. Neukrug, Alan M. Schwitzer

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This innovative text/DVD package covers essential counseling communication skills, gives an overview of the nature of helping, applies knowledge and skills to the core areas helping professionals should master, and systematically explores the ethical, professional and cross-cultural issues to be considered as part of the counseling endeavor. Role plays and demonstrations of counseling skills and process stages, presented on the accompanying DVD, provide students with the opportunity to see these essential skills in action.

Book details

List price: $149.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 8/26/2005
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 416
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Alan Schwitzer is a nationally known expert on college counseling and clinical education, bringing a professional writing background of over 40 scholarly journal, magazine, and newspaper articles to the project. He has been Chair of the American Counseling Association's (ACA) Council of Editors, on the Board of ACA Publications, and Editor of the American Counseling Association's (ACA) Journal of College Counseling. Previously, he was Associate Editor of American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Publications. He has received the American Counseling Association's Ralph Berdie Award for Outstanding College Student Development Research and the American College Counseling Association's…



Preface


Core Areas of Knowledge and Skills



Understanding the Nature of the Helping Relationship



Clinical Skills: Attitudes and Techniques for Effective Counseling



Clinical Tools: Managing the Change Process



Professional Toolboxes


Acknowledgments



Understanding the Nature of the Helping Relationship



From Natural Helper to Professional Counselor


Do Counseling and Psychotherapy Work?


Natural Helping versus Professional Counseling


Core Areas of Knowledge and Skills


Learning to Be a Counselor: An Ongoing Process


Chapter Summary



The Stages of the Counseling Relationship


Understanding the Stages of the Counseling Relationship


Learning to Be a Counselor: An Ongoing Process


Chapter Summary


Summarizing the Stages



Stages and Associated Core Areas of Knowledge and Skills



Ethical, Professional, and Cross-Cultural Issues


Ethical Issues


Professional Issues


Cross-Cultural Issues


Learning to Be a Counselor: An Ongoing Process


Chapter Summary



Clinical Skills: Attitudes and Techniques for Effective Counseling



Attitudes and Characteristics of the Effective Clinican


Helper Attitudes


Common Concerns for Beginning Clinicians


Attitudes Toward Clients of Color


Learning to Be a Counselor: An Ongoing Process


Chapter Summary



Foundational Skills: Nonverbal Behavior, Silence and Pause Time, Listening, Paraphrasing, and Empathy


Nonverbal Behavior


Silence and Pause Time


Listening


Paraphrasing


Empathic Understanding


Learning to Be A Counselor: An Ongoing Process


Chapter Summary



Information Gathering: Questions, Structured Interviews, Assessment Procedures, and Writing a Case Report


Questions


Conducting a Structured Interview


Administering Assessment Procedures


Writing a Case Report


Pulling It All Together


Learning to Be A Counselor: An Ongoing Process


Chapter Summary



Commonly Used Skills: Affirmation Giving, Encouragement, Modeling, Self-Disclosure, Confrontation, Offering Alternatives, Information Giving, Advice Giving, and Collaboration


Affirmation Giving


Encouragement


Modeling


Self-Disclosure


Problem-Focused Skills


Confrontation


Collaboration


Pulling It All Together


Learning to Be A Counselor: An Ongoing Process


Chapter Summary



Clinical Tools: Managing the Change Process



Diagnosis: Developing DSM-IV-TR Skills


The DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic System


Understanding the Multi-Axial Diagnostic System of DSM-IV-TR


DSM-IV-TR Diagnosis: Two Case Illustrations


Practicing Making a Diagnosis


Learning to Be A Diagnostician: An Ongoing Process


Chapter Summary


Answers to Chapter 8 Exercises



Case Conceptualization: Understanding the Client's Concerns


Understanding Case Conceptualization


Learning Case Conceptualization: An Ongoing Process


Chapter Summary



Treatment Planning: Building a Plan for Change


Understanding Treatment Planning


Learning to Build Treatment Plans: An Ongoing Process


Chapter Summary



Case Management: Monitoring and Documenting the Professional Relationship


Defining Case Management


Now Some Practice


Learning to Manage Cases: An Ongoing Process


Chapter Summary


Epilogue



Professional Toolboxes



Websites of Codes of Ethics of Select Mental Health Professional Associations



Counseling Diverse Clients


Counseling Individuals from Different Ethnic and Racial Groups


Counseling Individuals from Diverse Religious Backgrounds


Counseling Women


Professional Perspectives B.1 Guidelines for Working with Women


Counseling Men


Counseling Gay Men and Lesbian Women


Counseling Individuals Who Are HIV Positive


Counseling the Homeless and the Poor


Counseling Older Persons


Counseling the Mentally Ill


Counseling Individuals with Disabilities



Clinical Report



Overview of Axis I and Axis II of DSM-IV-TR


Brief Overview of Axis I Disorders


Brief Overview of Axis II Disorders



In Association with the DVD, Applying Clinical Tools with Alice: Case Conceptualization, Diagnosis, Case Notes, Treatment Planning


Case Conceptualization


Diagnostic Impressions


Case Notes


Treatment Planning


Termination Summary


Diagnosis at Termination


References


Index