The professional counselor : a process guide to helping

Title:

Personal Author:

Hackney, Harold, 1935-

Edition:

5th ed.

Publication Information:

Boston, MA : Pearson, 2005

ISBN:

9780205410651

Subject Term:

Mental health counseling

Counseling

Added Author:

Cormier, L. Sherilyn (Louise Sherilyn), 1946-

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The new edition of this popular text gives the counseling student and beginning counselor the skills, interventions and strategies needed to develop a conceptual orientation, plan therapy, and assess its effectiveness. Highlights of the 5th edition: bull; bull;Skill summary tables help the reader identify specific interventions that are used to work with affective, cognitive, behavioral, and systemic agendas. bull;Chapter 12 has been completely revised to include three important counselor functions: Crisis intervention, Consultation, and Peer Supervision. bull; bull;Introduces strategies for responding to counseling crises in school or community settings. Stages of crisis intervention, established skills and interventions that respond to crisis, and planning for post-crisis support are included. bull;Introduces strategies for planning consultation activities in the school or agency and for ways to organize effective peer supervision activities during and after training. Students are prepared to continue their growth beyond the formal training process. bull;Provides structure for establishing peer supervision relationships for the advanced- or post-graduate counselor, including stages of peer supervision development, skills and interventions appropriate to peer supervision, and client-support. Visit our Helping Professions Supersite at www.ablongman.com/helpingprofessions for additional resources!

Preface	p. xi
1 The Context for Counseling	p. 1
What Is Counseling?	p. 2
The Parameters of Counseling	p. 3
Counseling Conditions and Their Effects	p. 9
Case Illustration of Possible Counseling Outcomes	p. 13
Characteristics of Effective Helpers	p. 13
The Developmental Nature of Learning to Counsel	p. 19
2 Stages and Skills of Counseling	p. 23
Steps in the Counseling Process	p. 24
The Client's Experience in Counseling	p. 35
Dependence and Growth	p. 41
3 Building Rapport and Relationship	p. 45
Characteristics of the Real Relationship	p. 46
Communicating Empathy	p. 51
Conditions That Convey Genuineness	p. 61
Conditions That Convey Positive Regard	p. 65
Functions of a Therapeutic Relationship	p. 66
Effects of Therapeutic Relationships on Clients	p. 67
Case Illustration of Relationship Building	p. 68
Children and the Counseling Relationship	p. 70
4 Assessing Client Problems	p. 76
Purposes of Assessment	p. 77
Components of Assessment	p. 78
Clinical Assessment with Children	p. 83
Clinical Assessment with Couples and Families	p. 85
Using Assessment Information	p. 86
Skills Associated with Assessment	p. 87
Effects of Assessment on Clients	p. 90
Case Illustration of Intake Interview	p. 91
Integration of Problem Definition Information with Treatment Planning	p. 96
5 Developing Counseling Goals	p. 100
Functions of Counseling Goals	p. 101
Parameters of Goal Setting: Process and Outcome Goals	p. 102
Three Elements of Good Outcome Goals	p. 103
Obstacles in Developing Specific Goals	p. 104
Skills Associated with Goal Setting	p. 106
Effects of Goal Setting on Clients	p. 110
Goal Setting with Children	p. 111
Goal Setting and Multicultural Issues	p. 112
Existential and Spiritual Goal Setting	p. 113
Client Participation in Goal Setting	p. 114
Resistance to Goal Setting	p. 115
Case Illustration of Goal Setting	p. 116
6 Defining Strategies and Selecting Interventions	p. 122
Theory and Case Conceptualization	p. 124
Worldview and Case Conceptualization	p. 124
Conceptualizing Presenting Problems	p. 126
Diagnosis and Case Conceptualization	p. 128
Time Orientation and Case Conceptualization	p. 129
Goals and Treatment Planning	p. 130
Strategy Selection	p. 131
Categories of Counseling Interventions	p. 132
Case Illustration of Strategy and Interventions Selection	p. 135
Defining a Counseling Strategy	p. 136
Strategies for Working with Children	p. 138
7 Affective Interventions	p. 144
Theories That Stress the Importance of Feelings	p. 145
Affective Interventions	p. 146
Helping Clients Express Affect	p. 148
Nonverbal Affect Cues	p. 149
Verbal Affect Cues	p. 150
Helping Clients Sort Out Feelings	p. 156
Focusing Techniques	p. 160
Case Illustrations of Focusing	p. 161
Helping Clients Integrate or Change Feeling States	p. 163
Case Illustration of Integrating New Feelings	p. 163
Case Illustration of Role Reversal	p. 165
Case Illustration of the Alter Ego	p. 167
Case Illustration of the Empty Chair	p. 169
Case Illustration of Dreamwork	p. 171
Client Reactions to Affective Interventions	p. 175
8 Cognitive Interventions	p. 178
Theories That Stress the Importance of Cognitive Processes	p. 179
Goals of Cognitive Intervention	p. 180
Culture and Cognitive Processes	p. 180
Assessment of Cognitive Problems	p. 181
Cognitive Intervention Strategies	p. 184
Case Illustration of A-B-C-D Analysis	p. 187
Injunctions and Redecision Work	p. 193
Case Illustration of Injunctions and Redecision Work	p. 194
Cognitive Restructuring	p. 195
Paradoxical Interventions	p. 199
Case Illustration of Paradoxical Restrain	p. 201
Cognitive Interventions with Spiritual Issues	p. 202
Client Reactions to Cognitive Strategies	p. 204
9 Behavioral Interventions	p. 212
Theories That Stress the Importance of Behavior	p. 213
Goals of Behavioral Intervention	p. 215
Basic Behavioral Skills	p. 217
Behavioral Interventions	p. 219
Modeling, Rehearsal, and Feedback: Components of Skill Training	p. 228
Case Illustration of Skill Training	p. 230
Case Illustration of Anxiety Reduction	p. 239
Self-Management	p. 241
Case Illustration of Self-Management	p. 249
Client Reactions to Behavioral Intervention	p. 250
10 Systemic Interventions	p. 258
Theories That Stress the Importance of Systems	p. 259
Interpersonal Systems Thinking	p. 261
Altering Communication Patterns	p. 263
Communication Skill Building	p. 263
Case Illustration of Distancer/Pursuer	p. 265
Altering Family Structure	p. 272
Case Illustration of Family Sculpture	p. 276
Working with Families Strategically	p. 282
Selecting Interventions	p. 285
11 Termination and Follow-Up	p. 290
The Termination Stage	p. 291
Termination as a Process	p. 295
The Referral Process	p. 298
Blocks to Termination	p. 300
Case Illustration of Termination	p. 302
12 Applying Counseling Skills to Other Counselor Functions	p. 309
Part I Crisis Counseling	p. 309
Models of Crisis Intervention	p. 310
Stages of Crisis Intervention	p. 312
Counselor Skills and Interventions in Crisis Counseling Stages	p. 313
Crisis Intervention Cases in Context	p. 318
Part II The Counselor as Consultant	p. 326
Consultation Services	p. 326
Models of Consultation	p. 327
Cultural Differences in Consultation	p. 328
Stages of Consultation	p. 329
Skills and Interventions Associated with Consultation	p. 329
Part III The Counselor as Peer Supervisor	p. 333
Supervision as Distinct from Consultation	p. 333
Peer Supervision	p. 334
The Supervisory Process	p. 334
Skills Involved in Peer Supervision	p. 335
Appendix A Integrative Practice Exercises	p. 341
Appendix B Forms and Guides for Use in Counseling Practice	p. 351
References	p. 367
Index	p. 389

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