TY - BOOK AU - Egan,Gerard TI - The skilled helper: a problem-management and opportunity-development approach to helping SN - 0495601896 U1 - 158.3 22 PY - 2010///] CY - Belmont, Calif. PB - Brooks Cole, Cengage Learning KW - Counseling psychology N1 - Illustration on end-paper; First published under the tile: The skilled helper: a model for systematic helping and interpersonal relating, c1975; Accompanied by Exercises in helping skills: a manual to accompany the skilled helper; and Skilled helping around the world : addressing diversity and multiculturalism; Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-466) and index; 1; Introduction to Helping --; 2; The Helping Relationship: Values in Action --; 3; Overview of the Helping Model --; 4; Stage I: The Current Picture: Task 1-Partner with Clients to Help Them Tell Their Stories --; 5; The Communication Skills of Therapeutic Dialogue: The Skills of Tuning in & Actively Listening to Clients --; 6; Empathic Responding: Working at Mutual Understanding --; 7; The Art of Probing and Summarizing --; 8; Stage I: Task 2-Facilitate Client Self-Challenge: From New Perspectives to New Behavior --; 9; Stage I: Task 3-Partner with Clients in Their Searchfor Value --; 10; Introduction to Stages II and III: Decisions, Goals, Outcomes, and Impact --; 11; Stage II: The Preferred Picture-Help Clients Design a Better Future and Commit Themselves to It --; 12; Stage III: The Way Forward-Help Clients Develop Plans to Accomplish Goals --; 13; The Action Arrow: Making It All Happen N2 - Internationally recognised for its successful problem-management approach to effective helping, this book offers a step-by-step guide to the counselling process ER -