Advanced Techniques for Counseling and Psychotherapy / Edition 1

by Christian Conte PhD

Overview

This is a superb book, rich in understanding of human behavior and creative in helping clients grow and change....If you aspire to be great in this profession, you will use up a highlighter on this book.

-Kevin Elko, PhD
Author of The Pep Talk and True Greatness

It is rare for a book in counseling to enlighten its readers and enable them to see the profession, themselves, and their clients in an original, enhanced, and productive wayÖ. Conte is a master storyteller, a clear communicator, an innovative thinker, and a creative therapist."

Samuel T. Gladding, PhD
Chair and Professor, Department of Counseling
Wake Forest University

This book presents advanced techniques, concepts, and models that have proven to be both practical and readily usable for counselors who work with individuals, couples, families, and children. Dr. Conte provides in-depth coverage of a wide array of therapies, including metaphor, creative, projective, and classic.

This collection of advanced, creative techniques, each accompanied with detailed case studies, will prove useful for both health professionals and counseling students.

Key Features:

• Provides guidelines for some of the basics, such as active listening, empathizing, self-disclosure, and dealing with resistance
• Guidelines for using classic techniques include Adler's Push-Button technique, the ABC Model, and eye integration therapy
• Includes introductions to the author's original models such as the "Five Errors of Communication" and the "Four C's of Parenting"

Using lucid, engaging prose, this book contains all the essential, creative, and advanced techniques that every counselor, psychotherapist, and educator should know."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826104502
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	06/15/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Sales rank:	881,696
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Christian Conte, PhD, is a faculty member in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at the University of Nevada.

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Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Basic Therapy
Chapter 3: Metaphor Therapy
Chapter 4: Creative Therapy
Chapter 5: Projective Therapy
Chapter 6: Classic Therapy
Epilogue
References
Appendix A