TY - BOOK TI - The Skilled Helper : : A Problem-Management and Opportunity-Development Approach to Helping SN - 9789353505905 U1 - 158.3 PY - 2019/// CY - New Delhi : PB - Cengage Learning, N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -