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Overview
This informal, user-friendly book is intended to provide a journey for author and reader along some of the less-traveled roads of counseling. This book offers insight into some overlooked aspects of counseling, from subtle considerations of initial client contact to the preservation of the counselor's own vitality in a demanding profession. Topics covered in this journey include: attention to the powerful aspects of the language we choose to use; the elements of teaching that are integral to counseling; ethical and moral issues of concern; and potential pitfalls of a profession that draws from the essence of the counselor. For practicing psychologists and counselors.
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A guide for counselors in training who have already studied basic counseling theories and techniques, assisting in the transition from textbook study to the application of knowledge and skills with real clients. Material is written in a conversational style, and covers first contact, beginning and ending sessions, confronting, questioning, building trust, decision making, and communication skills. Questionable counseling procedures such as advice giving and sarcasm are discussed, and there are chapters on terminating the counseling relationship and self-care. The author is affiliated with Montclair State University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Product Details
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Table of Contents
1.What's It All About?
2.First Contact.
Agency Setting.
School Setting.
Corporate Setting.
Private Practice.
Terminating the Initial Contact.
3.Counseling Begins in Earnest.
The Physical Setting.
Note Taking.
Taping the Counseling Session.
Opening the Initial Counseling Session.
Opening Subsequent Sessions.
Time Management.
Time Efficiency.
The Last Five Minutes.
4.Basic Counseling Procedures.
Building Trust.
Silence.
Catharsis.
Listening and Decoding.
5.Critical Counseling Procedures.
Questioning.
Focusing.
Confronting.
6.Lifetime Tools to Teach.
Decision Making.
Communication Skills.
7.Questionable Counseling Procedures.
Leading.
Advice Giving.
Sarcasm.
Self-Disclosure.
Describing Techniques.
Facilitating Awareness.
Celebrating Clients.
8.Grammatically Correct vs. Effective Counseling.
Imperatives.
That's Who I Am.
Needs and Wants.
Feelings and Thoughts.
Guilt.
Absolutes.
Pronouns.
Application to More Effective Counseling.
9.Terminating the Counseling Relationship.
Moral and Ethical Aspects.
Lack of Progress.
Pre-Set Allowable Counseling Sessions.
Terminating a Successful Experience.
“Cold Turkey” vs. a Weaning Process.
Saying “Good Bye.”
10.“The Melting Pot” vs. “The Melange.”
The Challenge.
Meeting the Challenge.
Barriers to Success.
A Basic Paradigm.
Evaluating Success.
11.Integrating Methodology with the Art of Counseling.
The Basic Ingredient.
Nurture vs. Nature.
Style.
Communicating Caring.
12.Taking Care of Yourself.
Professional Growth.
Supervision.
The Self-Critiquing Process.
Ethics.
Self-Exploration.
Measuring Success.