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Skills and tools for today's counselors and psychotherapists from natural helping to professional counseling
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Belmont, CA : Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2006
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1 DVD-ROM ; 12 cm.
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9780534644901
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Accompanies text of the same title : (BF637.C6 N485 2006)
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Develop essential counseling communication skills, learn to apply knowledge and skills to the core areas you'll encounter as a helping professional, andexplores the ethical, professional and cross-cultural issues so important to the counseling endeavor with SKILLS AND TOOLS FOR TODAY'S COUNSELORS AND THERAPISTS; FROM NATURAL HEALING TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING and its accompany DVD. 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.


Table of Contents

Prefacep. xix
Core Areas of Knowledge and Skillsp. xx
Part I Understanding the Nature of the Helping Relationshipp. xx
Part II Clinical Skills: Attitudes and Techniques for Effective Counselingp. xxi
Part III Clinical Tools: Managing the Change Processp. xxii
Part IV Professional Toolboxesp. xxii
Acknowledgmentsp. xxvii
Part 1 Understanding the Nature of the Helping Relationshipp. 1
Chapter 1 From Natural Helper to Professional Counselorp. 3
Do Counseling and Psychotherapy Work?p. 3
Natural Helping versus Professional Counselingp. 4
Core Areas of Knowledge and Skillsp. 8
Learning to Be a Counselor: An Ongoing Processp. 12
Chapter Summaryp. 12
Chapter 2 The Stages of the Counseling Relationshipp. 14
Understanding the Stages of the Counseling Relationshipp. 14
Learning to Be a Counselor: An Ongoing Processp. 36
Chapter Summaryp. 36
Summarizing the Stagesp. 37
Chapter 2 Appendix Stages and Associated Core Areas of Knowledge and Skillsp. 38
Chapter 3 Ethical, Professional, and Cross-Cultural Issuesp. 45
Ethical Issuesp. 45
Professional Issuesp. 60
Cross-Cultural Issuesp. 63
Learning to Be a Counselor: An Ongoing Processp. 65
Chapter Summaryp. 66
Part 2 Clinical Skills: Attitudes and Techniques for Effective Counselingp. 67
Chapter 4 Attitudes and Characteristics of the Effective Clinicanp. 69
Helper Attitudesp. 70
Common Concerns for Beginning Cliniciansp. 82
Attitudes Toward Clients of Colorp. 86
Learning to Be a Counselor: An Ongoing Processp. 89
Chapter Summaryp. 89
Chapter 5 Foundational Skills: Nonverbal Behavior, Silence and Pause Time, Listening, Paraphrasing, and Empathyp. 91
Nonverbal Behaviorp. 92
Silence and Pause Timep. 95
Listeningp. 96
Paraphrasingp. 100
Empathic Understandingp. 101
Learning to Be A Counselor: An Ongoing Processp. 114
Chapter Summaryp. 115
Chapter 6 Information Gathering: Questions, Structured Interviews, Assessment Procedures, and Writing a Case Reportp. 117
Questionsp. 118
Conducting a Structured Interviewp. 125
Administering Assessment Proceduresp. 132
Writing a Case Reportp. 136
Pulling It All Togetherp. 136
Learning to Be A Counselor: An Ongoing Processp. 137
Chapter Summaryp. 137
Chapter 7 Commonly Used Skills: Affirmation Giving, Encouragement, Modeling, Self-Disclosure, Confrontation, Offering Alternatives, Information Giving, Advice Giving, and Collaborationp. 140
Affirmation Givingp. 141
Encouragementp. 142
Modelingp. 142
Self-Disclosurep. 146
Problem-Focused Skillsp. 149
Confrontationp. 153
Collaborationp. 156
Pulling It All Togetherp. 159
Learning to Be A Counselor: An Ongoing Processp. 161
Chapter Summaryp. 162
Part 3 Clinical Tools: Managing the Change Processp. 165
Chapter 8 Diagnosis: Developing DSM-IV-TR Skillsp. 167
The DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Systemp. 167
Understanding the Multi-Axial Diagnostic System of DSM-IV-TRp. 172
DSM-IV-TR Diagnosis: Two Case Illustrationsp. 186
Practicing Making a Diagnosisp. 187
Learning to Be A Diagnostician: An Ongoing Processp. 189
Chapter Summaryp. 189
Answers to Chapter 8 Exercisesp. 191
Chapter 9 Case Conceptualization: Understanding the Client's Concernsp. 194
Understanding Case Conceptualizationp. 194
Learning Case Conceptualization: An Ongoing Processp. 221
Chapter Summaryp. 222
Chapter 10 Treatment Planning: Building a Plan for Changep. 224
Understanding Treatment Planningp. 224
Learning to Build Treatment Plans: An Ongoing Processp. 253
Chapter Summaryp. 254
Chapter 11 Case Management: Monitoring and Documenting the Professional Relationshipp. 256
Defining Case Managementp. 256
Now Some Practicep. 286
Learning to Manage Cases: An Ongoing Processp. 292
Chapter Summaryp. 293
Epiloguep. 297
Part 4 Professional Toolboxesp. 299
A Websites of Codes of Ethics of Select Mental Health Professional Associationsp. 301
B Counseling Diverse Clientsp. 303
Counseling Individuals from Different Ethnic and Racial Groupsp. 304
Counseling Individuals from Diverse Religious Backgroundsp. 305
Counseling Womenp. 306
Professional Perspectives B.1 Guidelines for Working with Womenp. 307
Counseling Menp. 308
Counseling Gay Men and Lesbian Womenp. 309
Counseling Individuals Who Are HIV Positivep. 310
Counseling the Homeless and the Poorp. 311
Counseling Older Personsp. 312
Counseling the Mentally Illp. 313
Counseling Individuals with Disabilitiesp. 314
C Clinical Reportp. 315
D Overview of Axis I and Axis II of DSM-IV-TRp. 319
Brief Overview of Axis I Disordersp. 319
Brief Overview of Axis II Disordersp. 321
E In Association with the DVD, Applying Clinical Tools with Alice: Case Conceptualization, Diagnosis, Case Notes, Treatment Planningp. 323
Case Conceptualizationp. 323
Diagnostic Impressionsp. 326
Case Notesp. 326
Treatment Planningp. 328
Termination Summaryp. 330
Diagnosis at Terminationp. 331
Referencesp. 333
Indexp. 347