The Helping Relationship : Process and Skills

MacDonald, Ginger A., Brammer, Lawrence M.

ISBN 10: 0205174396 / ISBN 13: 9780205174393

Published by Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated, 1995

Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. Seller Inventory # 53010606-6

Synopsis:

This is a book for teaching basic generic helping skills, processes and philosophy. This book is applicable to readers who will be helpers in professional settings of educational counseling, social work, nursing, medicine, law enforcement, business, and education.

From the Back Cover: Counseling is not just a specialized profession reserved for a few trained individuals. All people are called upon at certain points in their lives to serve as counselors, listeners, or helpers in some way. Basic counseling skills are a necessity for every single individual, whether one is a parent listening to his teenager, a family member helping another cope with the loss of a loved one, a doctor counseling a patient about a terminal illness, a friend providing support for another friend, or even a business professional engaging in active listening at a meeting or interview. Counseling requires leadership and compassion, and it is a skill that all must possess in order to live with others in the world. This book describes in non-technical language the human helping process and provides training for anyone interested in becoming a helper. Filled with examples and step-by-step outlines on how to develop basic counseling skills, this book focuses on helping people learn to help themselves and each other. Providing a systematic approach to acquiring helping skills, this book cuts through psychological jargon and reaches across various professions and settings. Readers are asked to consider important personal issues of being a helper as they enter professional or paraprofessional roles as helpers. Social workers, counselors, human service professionals, business professionals, law professionals, medical professionals, and anyone interested in becoming a helper.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Helping Relationship : Process and Skills
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New