Basic Counseling Responses: A Multimedia Learning System for the Helping Professions (HSE 125 Counseling)

This innovative teaching and learning package offers an interactive combination of a worktext, CD-ROM, and videocassette to cover the fundamental counseling responses (skills) found in any of the helping professions. A basic primer to teach helping responses, it doesn't delve into the underlying theories or any of the more advanced techniques. It's basically a how-to project for those learning to become counselors. Using worktext, videocassette, and CD-ROM, users will learn a new, simplified model for recognizing and using counseling responses. This unparalleled package is the ideal vehicle to provide students with a simple format for learning basic counseling responses like empathy, paraphrasing, and self-disclosure. Plus, the complete package is priced affordably to effectively meet the needs of different approaches and budgets. For example, you can use it alone or in concert with a book that takes a theories approach.

"You have produced an excellent tool for learning the foundations of counseling!"

"I love the concept of using technology to assist students in learning counseling responses! I like the interactive elements of both [the CD-ROM and the videotape], as well as the opportunity for good modeling. Very hard to get that out of a book!"