Thirty-Five Techniques Every Counselor Should Know

A concise but thorough look at invaluable applied counseling skills, this book provides detailed information on 35 counseling techniques from varied theoretical approaches to help clients from all backgrounds create changes in their lives and meet their counseling goals.   While most introductory counseling skills classes in counselor education programs use a microskills approach supplemented with a theories text that provides a cursory glance at theory-based techniques, most counseling students enter their field without advanced instruction on the application of theory-based techniques to the counseling process. This first edition text strives to provide that missing piece — it is a succinct text that can be used as a secondary text in a theories, techniques, practicum, internship, or advanced or applied skills course that presents in-depth treatment of the major theory-based techniques that counselors use.   The text informs counselors of the theoretical basis underlying each technique and the common variations for implementation. Each technique is accompanied by research that informs the counselor of which techniques are best with which populations and each theoretical approach includes the multicultural implications for applying the approach to counseling clients from diverse cultures. The book also gives readers transcripts that illustrate how to use the techniques in sessions as well as outcomes research that informs counselors of the most effective ways to use these counseling techniques in practice with diverse clients.

Table of Contents:
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction             Section I: Techniques Based Upon Brief Counseling Approaches Chapter 1. Scaling Chapter 2. Exceptions Chapter 3. Problem Free and Preferred Future Dialogue Chapter 4. Miracle Question Chapter 5. Flagging the Minefield   Section II: Techniques Based Upon Adlerian or Psychodynamic Approaches Chapter 6. I-Messages Chapter 7. Acting As If Chapter 8. Spitting in the Soup Chapter 9. Mutual Story-Telling Chapter 10. Paradoxical Intention   Section III: Techniques Based Upon Gestalt Principles Chapter 11. Empty Chair Chapter 12. Body Movement and Exaggeration Chapter 13. Role Reversal   Section IV: Techniques Based Upon Social Learning Approaches Chapter 14. Modeling Chapter 15. Behavior Rehearsal Chapter 16. Role Play   Section V: Techniques Based Upon Cognitive Approaches Chapter 17. Self-talk Chapter 18. Visual / Guided Imagery Chapter 19. Reframing Chapter 20. Thought Stopping Chapter 21. Cognitive Restructuring   Section VI: Techniques Based Upon Behavioral Approaches Using Positive Reinforcement Chapter 22. Premack Principle Chapter 23. Behavior Charts Chapter 24. Token Economy Chapter 25. Behavioral Contract   Section VII: Techniques Based Upon Behavioral Approaches Using Punishment Chapter 26. Extinction Chapter 27. Time-out Chapter 28. Response Cost Chapter 29. Overcorrection     Section VIII: Techniques Based Upon Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches Chapter 30. Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) Chapter 31: Bibliotherapy Chapter 32. Deep Breathing Chapter 33. Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training Chapter 34. Systematic Desensitization Chapter 35. Stress Inoculation Training   Concluding Remarks

About the Author :
Bradley T Erford, Ph.D., LCPC, NCC, is a professor in the school counseling program at Loyola University with primary teaching responsibilities in assessment, research, and lifespan development. He has held numerous professional leadership positions and published numerous books, articles and book chapters.