Brief Primer of Helping Skills

Name: Brief Primer of Helping Skills
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ISBN: 9781412959230

ISBN-10: 1412959233

ISBN-13: 9781412959230

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jeffrey A. Kottler

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This book is a brief primer of essential helping skills for students and professionals in the helping professions. The book contains a brief chapter on theory that provides an overview of the language used in therapy as well as the various approaches used by helping professionals. It then covers the core skills, standard interventions, nature of relationships, developing rapport, as well as important issues regarding assessment and formulating a diagnosis.

Book details

List price: $129.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface



Learning Helping Skills


Why be a Helper?


Changes in the Field


A Daunting Journey


Making a Difference


Personal Qualities


Take Some Advice


For Review


For Reflection and Practice


Further Reading



Theories of Helping


Internalizing Theories


What Theories Can Do For You


Theories You Should Know About


Conclusions About Theory


For Review


For Reflection and Practice


For Further Reading



Processes and Stages


Stages of Helping



Pretreatment



Exploration



Insight



Action



Evaluation


Closure Issues


For Review


For Reflection and Practice


For Further Reading



Helping Relationships


Reflect Back


Uses of the Helping Relationship


Customized Relationships


Basically Speaking


Practical Issues


Getting the Relationship Started


For Review


For Reflection and Practice


For Further Reading



Exploration Skills


Internal Attitudes


Attending Behaviors


Practice Makes Perfect


Presenting Yourself


Listening


Time to Practice


Eliciting Information


Asking Questions


Assessing Strengths and Resources


Formulating Diagnoses


Assessing Risk


Responding to Content


Responding to Feelings


Try It Out


Facing Silence


Establishing Goals


Making the Transition to Action


For Review


For Reflection and Practice


For Further Reading



Action Skills


A Check-off List


Ways of Taking Action


Planning an Intervention


Contracting for Change


Confrontation


Teaching People to Think Differently


Constructing Alternative Stories


Role-playing and Rehearsal


Behavioral Interventions


Giving Feedback


Using Imagery


Dealing With Resistance


Employing Adjuncts


When You Don't Have Enough Time


For Review


For Reflection and Practice


For Further Reading



Brief Interventions


Some Cautionary Advice


Principles of Brief Intervention


A Different Way of Thinking About Change


An Abbreviated Process


Reframing Problems


Look for Exceptions


Find Out What Works


Miracle Question


A Single Session


Crisis Intervention


Choose Your Method Carefully


For Review


For Reflection and Practice


For Further Reading



Leading Groups


Differences Between Group and Individual Sessions


Some Advantages and Disadvantages


Work With a Co-leader


When to Intervene in Groups


Practical Considerations in Running a Group


For Review


For Reflection and Practice


For Further Reading



Looking at Yourself


Practicing What You Preach


Making Helping a Lifestyle


Ethical Issues


Getting the Most From Supervision


Joys of Helping


For Review


For Reflection and Practice


For Further Reading


Index