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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Foundations for Skills | |
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| The Process Revealed | |
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| Reading Minds and Other Superpowers | |
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| My Psychic Powers | |
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| Secrets Revealed | |
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| How Therapists Enhance Their Powers | |
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| Power and Influence | |
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| You Gotta Be Desperate | |
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| It's All About Leverage | |
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| Amateurs Versus Professionals | |
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| A Few Missing Ingredients | |
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| The Perfect Counseling Student | |
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| Applications to Self: Incorporating Skills Into Your Daily Life | |
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| Summary | |
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| Skills in Action: The Troubled Wife | |
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| References and Resources | |
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| Clients in Need: Individual, Social, and Cultural Factors | |
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| Cultural Context of the Client Experience | |
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| Cultural Skills and Competencies | |
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| Becoming Familiar With Cultural Differences | |
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| Assess Stage of Cultural Identity | |
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| Overview of a Client Concern | |
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| Ethical Considerations in the Practice of Helping Skills | |
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| How to be a Good Client | |
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| Decisions, Decisions | |
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| Applications to Self: Who You Are Versus What You Do | |
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| Summary | |
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| Skills in Action: Student as Client | |
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| References and Resources | |
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| Models of Helping | |
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| Theories and Their Offspring | |
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| Theoretical Frameworks and Models of Practice | |
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| Stages in the Process | |
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| An Integrated Model | |
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| Applications to Self: Choosing and Using a Theory | |
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| Summary | |
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| Skills in Action: The Phobia | |
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| References and Resources | |
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| Skills to Use With Individuals | |
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| Skills for Building Collaborative Relationships | |
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| Your Best Relationships | |
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| Uses of the Therapeutic Relationship | |
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| About Empathy | |
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| Relationship Skills | |
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| Before You Begin | |
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| Pitfalls and Common Mistakes | |
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| Applications to Self: The Effects on All Your Relationships | |
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| Summary | |
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| Skills in Action: Ambivalent Intimacy | |
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| References and Resources | |
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| Skills of Assessment and Diagnosis | |
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| The Mental Status Exam | |
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| The Basics of Conducting an Intake Interview | |
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| Structured Intake Interviews | |
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| Special Considerations in Assessing Addiction | |
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| Special Considerations in Assessing Physical or Sexual Abuse | |
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| Special Considerations for High Suicide Risk | |
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| Objective and Subjective Sources of Information | |
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| Models of Diagnosis | |
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| Remembering What You See and Hear | |
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| Making Things Fit Your Style | |
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| Pitfalls and Common Mistakes | |
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| Applications to Self: Diagnosing in a Variety of Settings | |
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| Summary | |
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| Skills in Action: After the Intake Interview | |
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| References and Resources | |
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| Exploration Skills | |
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| An Overview of the Exploration Stage | |
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| Structuring the Conversations | |
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| Opening With a Story | |
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| Asking Questions | |
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| Reflecting Skills | |
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| Putting Reflecting Skills Together | |
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| Exploring the Past | |
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| Summarizing Themes | |
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| Pitfalls and Common Mistakes | |
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| Applications to Self: Learning to Reflect Will Change You | |
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| Summary | |
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| Skills in Action: Infertility | |
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| References and Resources | |
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| Promoting Understanding and Insight | |
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| The Uses of Insight | |
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| The Limits of Insight | |
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| Selected Skills for Promoting Understanding | |
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| What Happens Next? | |
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| Pitfalls and Common Mistakes | |
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| Applications to Self: You're Already Doing This Stuff | |
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| Summary | |
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| Skills in Action: Unexplained Anxiety | |
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| References and Resources | |
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| Facilitating Action | |
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| Transition From Insight to Action | |
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| Dealing With Resistance | |
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| The Miracle Question | |
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| Setting Goals | |
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| Generating Alternatives | |
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| Reinforcing Behavior | |
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| Using Role-Playing | |
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| Using the Empty Chair | |
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| Using the Transference | |
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| Relaxation Training | |
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| Using Rehearsal and Imagery | |
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| Bibliotherapy | |
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| Pitfalls and Common Mistakes | |
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| Applications to Self: Sharing Your Client's Issues | |
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| Summary | |
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| Skills in Action: Being Too Responsible | |
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| References and Resources | |
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| Maintaining Progress and Evaluating Results | |
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| Some Assessment Challenges | |
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| Skills of Evaluating Outcomes and Measuring Results: The Client's Efforts | |
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| Skills of Evaluating Outcomes and Measuring Results: The Therapist's Efforts | |
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| Ending Therapy Effectively | |
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| Pitfalls and Common Mistakes | |
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| Applications to Self: Closure on Closure | |
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| Summary | |
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| Skills in Action: Closure | |
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| References and Resources | |
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| Skills to Use With Multiple Clients | |
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| Skills for Family Therapy and Other Roles for Therapists | |
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| A Different Way of Looking at Things | |
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| Structuring a Family Interview | |
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| Couples Counseling | |
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| Specialized Skills for Working With Children | |
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| The Roles You Take as a Therapist | |
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| Pitfalls and Common Mistakes | |
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| Applications to Self: Awareness of Your Own Family Dynamics | |
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| Summary | |
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| Skills in Action: The Frustrated Couple | |
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| References and Resources | |
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| Group Leadership Skills | |
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| Group Stage Development | |
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| Group Dynamics | |
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| Group Leadership Approaches | |
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| Unique Ethical Challenges | |
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| Pitfalls and Common Mistakes | |
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| Applications to Self: You Are Already in a Group | |
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| Summary | |
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| Skills in Action: Giving Feedback | |
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| References and Resources | |
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| Where to Go Next | |
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| What If I Don't Know What to Do? | |
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| What If My Supervisor Finds Out How Little I Know? | |
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| What If I Hurt Someone? | |
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| What If I Don't Have What It Takes? | |
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| Some Advice About Where to Go Next | |
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| Summary | |
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| References and Resources | |
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| References and Resources | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |