The skilled helper : a problem-management and opportunity-development approach to helping

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The skilled helper : a problem-management and opportunity-development approach to helping

Gerard Egan

Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, c2010

9th ed., international ed

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 428-466) and indexes

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Description

Emphasizing the collaborative nature of the therapist-client relationship, The Skilled Helper, International Edition is internationally recognized for its successful problem-management and opportunity development approach to effective helping, using a practical, three-stage model. In this new ninth edition, Egan continues to build upon the "positive psychology", solution-focused theme by adding insightful new discussions on evidence-based practice, research, and philosophical perspectives.

Table of Contents

Part I: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK. 1. Introduction to Helping. 2. The Helping Relationship: Values in Action. 3. Overview of the Helping Model. Part II: STAGE I OF THE HELPING PROCESS AND THE SKILLS OF THERAPEUTIC DIALOGUE. 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 Search for Value. Part III: THE UNDERAPPRECIATED DIMENSIONS OF HELPING: HELP CLIENTS CRAFT AND CREATE A BETTER FUTURE. 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.

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  • NCID
    BB0293820X
  • ISBN
    • 9780495604310
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Belmont, Calif.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvi, 480 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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