Client Assessment / Edition 1

by Stephen Palmer, Gladeana McMahon

Overview

‘This chunky little book is packed with interesting approaches to the currently fashionable area of client assessment... This is a book for any counsellor or counsellor trainee's shelf, a necessary reference for the sound professional' - Counselling News

‘The comprehensive series of essays... is a timely contribution... This book is about being professional and effective... a valuable multimodal life inventory for use with clients is provided' - Counselling, The Journal of The British Association for Counselling

What information will help you assess the therapeutic needs of a client? Could you identify a suicidal client? How can you tell whether or not you are working wi

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803975033
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/05/1997
Series:	Professional Skills for Counsellors Series , #5
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x (d)

About the Author

Professor Stephen Palmer Ph D is an award winning psychologist and psychotherapist. He is Founder Director of the Centre for Stress Management, London. He is the UK's first Visiting Professor of Work Based Learning and Stress Management at Middlesex University. He has authored/edited over 50 books including The Beginner's Guide to Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2015). He is Co-editor of the European Journal of Counselling Theory, Research and Practice. Currently he is Honorary President of the International Stress Management Association; President of the International Society for Coaching Psychology; Founder Co-Chair of the London Branch of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies; a Founder Director and Vice President of the Society of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and a Director and Deputy Chair of the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. His interests include jazz, art and coastal walking.

Table of Contents

What Do You Say after You Say ‘Er'? - Stephen Palmer
General Assessment Issues - Peter Ruddell
Client History Taking and Associated Administration - Gladeana Mc Mahon
Medical and Psychiatric Assessment - Berni Curwen
What Type of Help? - Peter Ruddell and Berni Curwen
Assessing for Optimal Therapeutic Intervention - Mark Aveline
Assessment and Accountability - Patricia Armstrong
Modality Assessment - Stephen Palmer
Reviewing and Evaluating Therapeutic Progress - Carole Sutton

Editorial Reviews

‘The comprehensive series of essays... is a timely contribution... This book is about being professional and effective... a valuable multimodal life inventory for use with clients is provided' - Counselling, The Journal of The British Association for Counselling

‘This chunky little book is packed with interesting approaches to the currently fashionable area of client assessment.... This is a book for any counsellor or counsellor trainee's shelf, a necessary reference for the sound professional' - Counselling News

‘A useful collection of articles on various aspects of assessment' - Self & Society

‘Essentially a practical skills development book [which] will add to most therapists' and counsellors' competencies' - Journal of the National Association for Psychotherapists

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