The Elements of Counseling, 7th Edition

✍ Scribed by Scott T. Meier, Susan R. Davis

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 108
• Edition: 7
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Master the qualities of a skilled therapist with THE ELEMENTS OF COUNSELING. Brief and practical, this handy guide focuses on relationship building, the counseling process, self-exploration, and presents information that is essential for beginning counselors to know and for experienced counselors to remember. Designed to give you immediate access to information without having to read pages of commentary, this counseling textbook serves as a quick reference for both counselors in training and practitioners.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
Title page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 10
ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 14
CHAPTER 1 Setting the Stage: Counseling Process......Page 16
2 Develop a working alliance......Page 17
3 Explain counseling to the client......Page 18
4 Pace and lead the client......Page 20
5 Speak briefly......Page 22
6 When you don't know what to say, say nothing......Page 23
8 If you want to change something, process it......Page 24
9 Individualize your counseling......Page 25
10 Notice resistance......Page 26
11 When in doubt, focus on feelings......Page 27
12 Plan for termination at the beginning of counseling......Page 29
b. Attend to physical space......Page 30
g. Remember confidentiality......Page 31
14 Avoid advice......Page 34
15 Avoid premature problem solving......Page 35
16 Avoid relying on questions......Page 36
17 Listen closely to what clients say......Page 37
18 Pay attention to nonverbals......Page 38
19 Focus on the client......Page 39
20 Be concrete......Page 40
21 Utilize metaphors......Page 41
22 Summarize......Page 42
23 Agreement does not equal empathy......Page 44
25 Positive thinking does not equal rational thinking......Page 45
26 Make psychological assessments, not moral judgments......Page 46
27 Do not assume that you know clients' feelings, thoughts, and behaviors......Page 47
28 Do not assume that you know how clients react to their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors......Page 48
29 Develop crisis intervention skills......Page 50
b. Determine the real client......Page 52
d. Mobilize social resources......Page 53
30 Become culturally competent......Page 54
31 Be open to group and family approaches......Page 57
32 Learn about grief, loss, and trauma......Page 58
33 Refer carefully......Page 60
34 Watch for deterioration in clients......Page 61
35 Establish an interest in counseling research......Page 62
37 Persevere with clients who no-show......Page 63
38 Learn how to conceptualize clients......Page 64
39 Learn about managed care......Page 66
40 Develop technology skills......Page 68
a. How did you decide to become a counselor?......Page 71
c. What amount of progress is acceptable?......Page 72
e. How will you handle your feelings for your clients?......Page 73
f. Can you be flexible, accepting, and gentle?......Page 74
43 Don't hide behind testing......Page 75
44 On ethical questions, consult......Page 76
CHAPTER 6 A Brief Introduction to Intervention......Page 78
46 Person-centered counseling......Page 79
48 Cognitive, cognitive/behavioral counseling, and social learning theory......Page 80
50 Psychoanalytic and psychodynamic counseling......Page 82
52 Group counseling......Page 83
53 Family/systems counseling......Page 84
55 Feminist therapy......Page 85
56 Brief therapy and solution focused therapy......Page 87
57 Integrative approaches......Page 89
58 Narrative therapy......Page 90
59 New and emerging approaches......Page 92
60 Research on counseling and psychotherapy......Page 93
61 Other important sources......Page 95
REFERENCES......Page 96
INDEX......Page 106