The Professional Counselor
A Process Guide to Helping
6th Edition
Published on 28. November 2008
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-205-60832-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text presents the counseling student and beginning counselor with the necessary skills, interventions, and strategies for conceptualizing theoretically, planning therapy for change, and developing a means for self-assessment.
In this Sixth Edition the process of counseling is addressed from beginning to conclusion. A new chapter (Chapter 2) has been added to present basic counseling skills as well as advanced counseling skills, including verbal, nonverbal, and paralanguage. The authors have maintained the basic organization of the text, beginning with an overview of the stages of counseling, specific goals and interventions for each stage, and including chapters on affective, behavioral, cognitive and systemic interventions, and termination. The text provides a conceptual structure for viewing the counseling process and then examines each part of that structure in depth, addressing necessary counseling skills.
In this Sixth Edition the process of counseling is addressed from beginning to conclusion. A new chapter (Chapter 2) has been added to present basic counseling skills as well as advanced counseling skills, including verbal, nonverbal, and paralanguage. The authors have maintained the basic organization of the text, beginning with an overview of the stages of counseling, specific goals and interventions for each stage, and including chapters on affective, behavioral, cognitive and systemic interventions, and termination. The text provides a conceptual structure for viewing the counseling process and then examines each part of that structure in depth, addressing necessary counseling skills.
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Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Adult education
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Height: 189 mm
Width: 245 mm
Thickness: 250 mm
Weight
844 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-60832-4 (9780205608324)
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Content
All chapters conclude with Summary, Exercises, Discussion Questions, and Additional Resources.
Preface.
1. Conceptualizing Counseling
What Is Counseling?
The Parameters of Counseling.
*Counseling and Theory
Counseling Conditions and Their Effects.
Case Illustration of Possible Counseling Outcomes.
Characteristics of Effective Helpers.
The Developmental Nature of Learning to Counsel.
**2. The Language of Counseling
Communication in Counseling
Non-verbal Skills of Counseling
Basic Verbal Skills of Counseling
Advanced Verbal Skills of Counseling
Wrapping It Up
3. Stages and Skills of Counseling.
The Counseling Process
The Client's Experience in Counseling
Dependence and Growth
4. Building a Working Relationship
Characteristics of the Real Relationship.
Communicating Empathy.
Conditions That Convey Genuineness.
Conditions That Convey Positive Regard.
Functions of a Therapeutic Relationship.
Effects of Therapeutic Relationships on Clients.
Case Illustration of Relationship Building
Children and the Counseling Relationship.
5. Assessing Client Problems.
Purposes of Assessment.
Components of Assessment.
Clinical Assessment with Children.
Clinical Assessment with Couples and Families.
Using Assessment Information.
Skills Associated with Assessment.
Effects of Assessment on Clients.
Case Illustration of the Intake Interview.
Integration of Problem-Definition Information with Treatment Planning.
6. Developing Counseling Goals.
Functions of Counseling Goals.
Parameters of Goal-Setting: Process and Outcome Goals.
Three Elements of Good Outcome Goals.
Obstacles in Developing Specific Goals.
Skills Associated with Goal-Setting.
Effects of Goal-Setting on Clients.
Goal-Setting with Children.
Crises and Goal-Setting
Goal-Setting and Multicultural Issues.
Existential and Spiritual Goal-Setting.
Client Participation in Goal-Setting.
Resistance to Goal-Setting.
Case Illustration of Goal-Setting.
7. Defining Strategies and Selecting Interventions.
Theory and Case Conceptualization.
Worldview and Case Conceptualization.
Conceptualizing Presenting Problems.
Diagnosis and Case Conceptualization.
Time Orientation and Case Conceptualization.
Goals and Treatment Planning.
Strategy Selection.
Categories of Counseling Interventions.
Case Illustration of Strategy and Interventions Selection.
Defining a Counseling Strategy.
Strategies for Working with Children.
8. Affective Interventions.
Theories That Stress the Importance of Feelings.
Affective Interventions.
Helping Clients Express Affect.
Nonverbal Affect Cues.
Verbal Affect Cues.
Helping Clients Sort Out Feelings.
Focusing Techniques.
Case Illustration of Focusing.
Helping Clients Integrate or Change Feeling States.
Case Illustration of Role Reversal
Case Illustration of the Alter Ego
Case Illustration of the Empty Chair
Client Reactions to Affective Interventions.
9. Cognitive Interventions.
Theories That Stress the Importance of Cognitive Processes.
Goals of Cognitive Interventions.
Culture and Cognitive Processes.
Assessment of Cognitive Processes.
Cognitive Intervention Strategies
Case Illustration of A-B-C-D Analysis.
Injunctions and Re-Decision Work.
Case Illustration of Injunctions and Re-Decision Work.
Cognitive Restructuring.
Paradoxical Interventions.
Case Illustration of Paradoxical Restrain
Cognitive Interventions with Spiritual Issues.
Client Reactions to Cognitive Strategies.
10. Behavioral Interventions.
Theories That Stress the Importance of Behavior.
Goals of Behavioral Interventions.
Basic Behavioral Skills.
Behavioral Interventions.
Modeling, Rehearsal, and Feedback: Components of Skill Training.
Case Illustration of Skill Training.
Case Illustration of Anxiety Reduction.
Self-Management.
Case Illustration of Self-Management.
Client Reactions to Behavioral Interventions.
11. Systemic Interventions.
Theories That Stress the Importance of Systems.
Interpersonal Systems Thinking.
Altering Communication Patterns.
Communication Skill-Building.
Case Illustration of Distancer/Pursuer.
Altering Family Structure.
Case Illustration of Family Sculpture.
Working with Families Strategically.
Selecting Interventions
12. Termination and Follow-up.
The Termination Stage.
Termination as a Process.
The Referral Process.
Blocks to Termination.
Case Illustration of Termination.
Appendix A: Integrative Practice Exercises.
Appendix B: Forms and Guides for Use in Counseling Practice.
References.
Index.
Preface.
1. Conceptualizing Counseling
What Is Counseling?
The Parameters of Counseling.
*Counseling and Theory
Counseling Conditions and Their Effects.
Case Illustration of Possible Counseling Outcomes.
Characteristics of Effective Helpers.
The Developmental Nature of Learning to Counsel.
**2. The Language of Counseling
Communication in Counseling
Non-verbal Skills of Counseling
Basic Verbal Skills of Counseling
Advanced Verbal Skills of Counseling
Wrapping It Up
3. Stages and Skills of Counseling.
The Counseling Process
The Client's Experience in Counseling
Dependence and Growth
4. Building a Working Relationship
Characteristics of the Real Relationship.
Communicating Empathy.
Conditions That Convey Genuineness.
Conditions That Convey Positive Regard.
Functions of a Therapeutic Relationship.
Effects of Therapeutic Relationships on Clients.
Case Illustration of Relationship Building
Children and the Counseling Relationship.
5. Assessing Client Problems.
Purposes of Assessment.
Components of Assessment.
Clinical Assessment with Children.
Clinical Assessment with Couples and Families.
Using Assessment Information.
Skills Associated with Assessment.
Effects of Assessment on Clients.
Case Illustration of the Intake Interview.
Integration of Problem-Definition Information with Treatment Planning.
6. Developing Counseling Goals.
Functions of Counseling Goals.
Parameters of Goal-Setting: Process and Outcome Goals.
Three Elements of Good Outcome Goals.
Obstacles in Developing Specific Goals.
Skills Associated with Goal-Setting.
Effects of Goal-Setting on Clients.
Goal-Setting with Children.
Crises and Goal-Setting
Goal-Setting and Multicultural Issues.
Existential and Spiritual Goal-Setting.
Client Participation in Goal-Setting.
Resistance to Goal-Setting.
Case Illustration of Goal-Setting.
7. Defining Strategies and Selecting Interventions.
Theory and Case Conceptualization.
Worldview and Case Conceptualization.
Conceptualizing Presenting Problems.
Diagnosis and Case Conceptualization.
Time Orientation and Case Conceptualization.
Goals and Treatment Planning.
Strategy Selection.
Categories of Counseling Interventions.
Case Illustration of Strategy and Interventions Selection.
Defining a Counseling Strategy.
Strategies for Working with Children.
8. Affective Interventions.
Theories That Stress the Importance of Feelings.
Affective Interventions.
Helping Clients Express Affect.
Nonverbal Affect Cues.
Verbal Affect Cues.
Helping Clients Sort Out Feelings.
Focusing Techniques.
Case Illustration of Focusing.
Helping Clients Integrate or Change Feeling States.
Case Illustration of Role Reversal
Case Illustration of the Alter Ego
Case Illustration of the Empty Chair
Client Reactions to Affective Interventions.
9. Cognitive Interventions.
Theories That Stress the Importance of Cognitive Processes.
Goals of Cognitive Interventions.
Culture and Cognitive Processes.
Assessment of Cognitive Processes.
Cognitive Intervention Strategies
Case Illustration of A-B-C-D Analysis.
Injunctions and Re-Decision Work.
Case Illustration of Injunctions and Re-Decision Work.
Cognitive Restructuring.
Paradoxical Interventions.
Case Illustration of Paradoxical Restrain
Cognitive Interventions with Spiritual Issues.
Client Reactions to Cognitive Strategies.
10. Behavioral Interventions.
Theories That Stress the Importance of Behavior.
Goals of Behavioral Interventions.
Basic Behavioral Skills.
Behavioral Interventions.
Modeling, Rehearsal, and Feedback: Components of Skill Training.
Case Illustration of Skill Training.
Case Illustration of Anxiety Reduction.
Self-Management.
Case Illustration of Self-Management.
Client Reactions to Behavioral Interventions.
11. Systemic Interventions.
Theories That Stress the Importance of Systems.
Interpersonal Systems Thinking.
Altering Communication Patterns.
Communication Skill-Building.
Case Illustration of Distancer/Pursuer.
Altering Family Structure.
Case Illustration of Family Sculpture.
Working with Families Strategically.
Selecting Interventions
12. Termination and Follow-up.
The Termination Stage.
Termination as a Process.
The Referral Process.
Blocks to Termination.
Case Illustration of Termination.
Appendix A: Integrative Practice Exercises.
Appendix B: Forms and Guides for Use in Counseling Practice.
References.
Index.