The process of counseling and therapy /
Janet Moursund, Maureen C. Kenny.
- Fourth edition.
- xiv, 252 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-246) and index.
Preface -- First Thing First -- Therapy Then and Now -- The Therapy Depot -- Evaluating Outcomes -- Theory, Assumptions, Values -- Foundation Skills -- Listening -- Problem Solving -- Dealing with Feelings -- The Initial Interview -- Preparation -- Getting Started -- Gathering Information -- Answers -- Ending the Session -- The Early Phase -- Rapport -- The Therapist As Teacher -- Contracting for Change -- Limits -- Conclusions -- The Middle Phase -- The Relationship As a Change Agent -- Emotional Work -- Plunging into the Process -- Timing -- Middle-Phase Retrospective -- The Final Phase -- Planning for Termination -- The Work of the Final Phase -- Feeling Reactions to Termination -- Therapist Feelings -- Unplanned Terminations -- Therapist-Initiated Terminations -- And, to Terminate This Chapter... -- The Client in Crisis -- Basic Principles -- First Steps with a Client in Crisis -- Suicide -- Conclusions -- Groups and Group Therapy -- Curative Elements of the Group -- Building and Maintaining the Group -- Therapeutic Guidelines -- Problems -- A Few Last Thoughts -- Couple Therapy -- The First Steps -- The Art of Couple Therapy -- Problem Solving -- Common Patterns -- Some Special Situations -- A Final Word -- Dealing with Diversity -- General Guidelines -- Specific Cultural Groups -- In Conclusion -- Care and Feeding of Therapists -- Professionalism -- Legal and Ethical Issues -- Therapist Self-Care -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.