Counseling strategies and interventions for professional helpers /
Sherry Cormier, West Virginia University.
- Ninth Edition.
- xiv, 267 pages ; 23 cm.
- The Merrill counseling series .
- Merrill counseling series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The helping professions -- The helping relationship -- Communication patterns in the helping process -- Attending skills -- Listening skills -- Action skills -- Managing the helping session -- Conceptualizing client issues and setting change goals -- Using integrative helping strategies and interventions -- Considerations and challenges for beginning helpers -- Appendix a websites for the ethical codes and related standards of professional organizations for the helping professions -- Appendix b counseling strategies checklist -- References -- Index.
"This pragmatic text describes basic helping skills used in a variety of disciplines, as well as a number of issues common to helping relationships, processes, and interviews. Suitable for both upper level undergraduate and entry level graduate students, the text focuses on skill acquisition, and includes a number of clinical cases and application exercises for promoting skill development."--Amazon.