The Essential Counselor: Process, Skills, and Techniques - Softcover

Hutchinson, David

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9780618426485: The Essential Counselor: Process, Skills, and Techniques

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ISBN 10: 0618426485 ISBN 13: 9780618426485

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2006

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The Essential Counselor teaches students to use a developmental model of assessment as a way to choose strategies for treating a broad spectrum of clients and provides the skills needed to work with them. In addition, the text provides a realistic view of the day-to-day aspects of counseling, including working with HMOs and insurance limitations. New counselors will benefit from a manageable amount of detail that incorporates all the pertinent topics, and a solid foundation in the relationship-building skills used in counseling sessions. Main topics--such as case management, supervision, brief counseling, and group and couples/family counseling--are discussed in a conversational style supported by the author's own experience.

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About the Author:

David R. Hutchinson prepares both undergraduate and graduate students for careers in psychology and counseling. His areas of special focus are group work, addictions, and grieving. A former Peace Corps volunteer, David’s priorities include travel and maintaining an international perspective in his life and work. He has trained counselors in Grenada and established sister school relationships between five schools in Vermont and Grenada. In Vermont, David continues his emphasis on intensive, process-oriented coursework with long weekend retreats at an off-campus lodge near Caspian Lake in the woods of the Northeast Kingdom.

In 2006, David was honored with the Distinguished Faculty of the Year Award. He holds positions on the boards of the New England School of Addiction Studies and Northwest Counseling and Support Services in Franklin County, Vermont. He received his doctoral degree from State University of New York, Buffalo.

Review:

1. An Invitation to Counseling Work 2. The Effective Counselor 3. Setting the Stage 4. Skills for Engaging a New Client 5. Assessment, Goal Setting, and Action Planning 6. Skills for Developing the Relationship 7. Skills for Furthering Relationship Development 8. Developing Ethical and Cultural Competency 9. Essential Action Skills: Working Toward Goals 10. Skills For Managing Crisis Situations 11. Advanced Action Skills: Moving Beyond Stability 12. Exceptional Counseling Challenges 13. Skills for Ending 14. The Whole Counselor: Maintaining Health and Perspective

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