The Skilled Helper : A Problem-Management and Opportunity-Development Approach to Helping /

The Skilled Helper : A Problem-Management and Opportunity-Development Approach to Helping / - 11th ed. - New Delhi : Cengage Learning, 2019. - 432p.: ill.; 25 cm.

Part I: THE POWER OF BASICS.

1. The Power of Basics: Explore the Ingredients of Successful Helping.

2. Review the Problem-Management and Opportunity-Development Process.

3. Commit Yourself to the Helping Relationship and the Values That Drive It.

Part II: THE THERAPEUTIC DIALOGUE: MASTER COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING SKILLS.

4. Therapeutic Presence: Tune in to Clients and Listen Carefully.

5. Empathic Responding: Work at Mutual Understanding.

6. Master the Art of Probing and Summarizing.

7. Help Clients Challenge Themselves: From New Perspectives to New Behavior.

Part III: THE STAGES AND TASKS OF THE PROBLEM-MANAGEMENT AND OPPORTUNITY-DEVELOPMENT MODEL.

8. The Action Arrow That Permeates the Entire Helping Process: Right from the Beginning Help Clients Turn Talk into Life-Enhancing Action.

9. The Three Tasks of Stage I: Help Clients Tell the Story, the Real Story, and the Right Story.

10. Stage II: Help Clients Design and Set Problem-Managing Goals.

11. Stage III: Help Clients Design the Way Forward.

THE SKILLED HELPER has taught thousands of students a proven, step-by-step counseling process that leads to increased confidence and competence. Internationally recognized for its successful approach to effective helping, the text emphasizes the collaborative nature of the therapist-client relationship and uses a practical, three-stage framework that drives client problem-managing and opportunity-developing action. This eleventh edition emphasizes the "power of basics," like decision-making skills, which are the key ingredients of successful therapy. You'll also gain a feeling for the complexity inherent in any helping relationship--but don't let that reality intimidate you. The authors show you how to adopt a helping process to the needs of your clients. You'll learn not just what you need to know and understand--but also what you need to DO to be an effective helper.

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