The skilled helper : a problem-management and opportunity-development approach to helping /
Egan, Gerard
The skilled helper : a problem-management and opportunity-development approach to helping / Gerard Egan and Robert J. Reese. - Eleventh edition. - xvi, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-407) and indexes.
Part I: The power of basics -- The power of basics: explore the ingredients of successful helping -- Review the problem-management and opportunity-development process -- Commit yourself to the helping relationship and the values that drive it -- Part II: The therapeutic dialogue: master communication and relationship-building skills -- Therapeutic presence: tune in to clients and listen carefully -- Empathic responding: work at mutual understanding -- Master the art of probing and summarizing -- Help clients challenge themselves: from new perspectives to new behavior -- Part III: The stages and tasks of the problem-management and opportunity-development model -- The action arrow: right from the beginning help clients turn talk into life-enhancing action -- The three tasks of stage I: help clients tell the story, the real story and the right story -- Stage II: Help clients design and set problem-managing goals -- Stage III: Planning-help clients design the way forward.
Internationally recognised for its successful problem-management approach to effective helping, this book offers a step-by-step guide to the counselling process.
9781305865716 (hardback)
Counseling psychology
Counseling
Helping behavior
158.3
The skilled helper : a problem-management and opportunity-development approach to helping / Gerard Egan and Robert J. Reese. - Eleventh edition. - xvi, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-407) and indexes.
Part I: The power of basics -- The power of basics: explore the ingredients of successful helping -- Review the problem-management and opportunity-development process -- Commit yourself to the helping relationship and the values that drive it -- Part II: The therapeutic dialogue: master communication and relationship-building skills -- Therapeutic presence: tune in to clients and listen carefully -- Empathic responding: work at mutual understanding -- Master the art of probing and summarizing -- Help clients challenge themselves: from new perspectives to new behavior -- Part III: The stages and tasks of the problem-management and opportunity-development model -- The action arrow: right from the beginning help clients turn talk into life-enhancing action -- The three tasks of stage I: help clients tell the story, the real story and the right story -- Stage II: Help clients design and set problem-managing goals -- Stage III: Planning-help clients design the way forward.
Internationally recognised for its successful problem-management approach to effective helping, this book offers a step-by-step guide to the counselling process.
9781305865716 (hardback)
Counseling psychology
Counseling
Helping behavior
158.3