Learning the Art of Helping: Building Blocks and Techniques: International Edition

Note: This is the bound book only and does not include access to MyCounselingLab®. To order MyCounselingLab® packaged with the bound book, use ISBN 0134391071.   This best-selling resource is a great refresher and hands-on resource for counselors new to their professions. It’s packed with step-by-step guidance for developing the skills and techniques they need to effectively help their clients. It covers not just the basic building blocks in the profession, but also what the author calls the “megaskills” and common curative factors that lie behind the methods. The tone is conversational and the references are very useful.   Also available with MyCounselingLab® This title is also available with MyCounselingLab–an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with the text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students see key concepts demonstrated through video clips, practice what they learn, test their understanding, and receive feedback to guide their learning and ensure they master key learning outcomes.    

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1    Helping as a Personal Journey The Demands of the Journey Becoming a Reflective Practitioner How a Helper Develops: Perry's Stages The Development of Expertise The Challenge of Development The Perfect Helper or When Do I Quit Developing? Who Can Be an Effective Helper? What Can You Bring to a Client?   Chapter 2    The Nuts and Bolts of Helping Defining Some Important Terms How is Professional Helping Different from Friendship? What Can You Expect from a Helping Relationship? Learning Basic Skills and Common Curative Factors Stages of the Helping Process: A Road Map   Chapter 3    The Therapeutic Relationship The Importance of the Therapeutic Relationship in Creating Change How Can a Helper Create a Therapeutic Relationship? Other Factors That Help or Strain the Therapeutic Relationship   Chapter 4    Helping Someone Who Is Different Differences That Can Affect the Therapeutic Alliance Challenges Caused by Differences in Culture Helping a Client Whose Culture is Different from the Helper's Challenges Caused by Differences in Gender   Chapter 5    Invitational Skills Listening to the Client's Story Nonverbal Communication Between Helper and Client Nonverbal Skills in the Helping Relationship Opening Skills: How to Invite   Chapter 6    Reflecting Skills: Paraphrasing Reflecting Content and Thoughts, Reflecting Feelings, and Reflecting Meaning Reasons for Reflecting The Skill of Paraphrasing: Reflecting Content and Thoughts Common Problems in Paraphrasing   Chapter 7    Reflecting Skills: Reflecting Feelings The Importance of Understanding Emotions The Skill of Reflecting Feelings How to Reflect Feelings Common Problems in Reflecting Feelings   Chapter 8    Reflecting Skills: Reflecting Meaning and Summarizing Meaning: Uncovering the Next Layer How to Identify Meaning Issues with a Clint Summarizing The Nonjudgmental Listening Cycle   Chapter 9    Challenging Skills When Should We Use the Challenging Skills? Giving Feedback How to Give Feedback Confrontation How to Confront Evaluating Confrontation and Client Response   Chapter 10    Assessment and the Initial Interview Why Assessment? Testing as an Assessment Tool Assessment is a Critical Part of Helping Categorizing Clients and Their Problems Beginning Assessment Methods   Chapter 11    Goal-Setting Skills Where Do I Go from Here? Set Goals! What are the Characteristics of Constructive Goals? Who Owns the Problem? The Technique of Focusing on the Client The Technique of Boiling Down the Problem   Chapter 12    Change Techniques Giving Advice and Information Brainstorming The Skill of Alternate Interpretation How to Teach a Client to Use Alternate Interpretation   Chapter 13    Outcome Evaluation and Termination Skills Evaluating the Effectiveness of Helping Basic Outcome Evaluation Methods Termination Dealing with Loss at Termination How to Maintain Therapeutic Gains and Prevent Relapse Following Termination   Chapter 14    Curative Factors and Advanced Change Techniques: Part I Curative Factors Treatment Planning and the REPLAN System The Therapeutic Factor of Enhancing Efficacy and Self-Esteem Silencing the Internal Critic: The Technique of Countering Practicing New Behaviors Role-Playing Homework   Chapter 15    Curative Factors and Advanced Change Techniques: Part II Lowering and Raising Emotional Arousal Techniques that Stimulate Emotional Arousal and Expression Activating Client Expectations, Hope, and Motivation Providing New Learning Experiences   Glossary

About the Author :
Mark Young is a Professor at the University of Central Florida. He received his doctorate from Ohio University. He has trained helpers for more than 20 years and worked in community mental health, private practice, college counseling centers, and corrections for more than 15 years. Dr. Young’s professional writing has focused mainly on therapeutic methods and techniques, wellness, and counseling couples. He is the co-author of Counseling Today (2012) with Darcy Granello(Pearson) and Counseling and Therapy for Couples, 3/e with Lynn Long & Brigid Nooan (In press, Cengage) with Lynn Long & Brigid Noonan.