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Ideal for anyone embarking on or considering a career in human services, counseling, psychology, social work, or any of the other helping professions, this book provides an overview of the stages of the helping process, and the skills and knowledge required to be a successful helping professional. Drawing on their years of experience, the Coreys focus on the struggles, anxieties, and uncertainties involved in becoming an effective helper, and challenge the reader to take a candid look at the demands and strains they'll face in the helping professions and their motives for choosing a helping career.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Chapter 1 Are the Helping Professions for You? (p. 1)
• Focus Questions (p. 2)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 3)
• Examining Your Motives for Becoming a Helper (p. 3)
• Our Own Beginnings as Helpers (p. 8)
• A Helping Career Is Not for Everyone (p. 12)
• Portrait of the "Ideal Helper" (p. 13)
• Selecting a Professional Program and Career Path (p. 15)
• Self-Assessment: An Inventory of Your Attitudes and Beliefs About Helping (p. 26)
• By Way of Review (p. 32)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 33)
• Info Trac College Edition Resources (p. 35)
• Chapter 2 Getting the Most From Your Education and Training (p. 36)
• Focus Questions (p. 37)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 38)
• Creating Meaning in Your Education (p. 39)
• Making the Most of Your Fieldwork (p. 45)
• Profiting From Your Supervision (p. 50)
• By Way of Review (p. 62)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 63)
• Info Trac College Edition Resources (p. 64)
• Chapter 3 Helper, Know Thyself (p. 65)
• Focus Questions (p. 66)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 67)
• The Value of Self-Exploration for the Helper (p. 67)
• Working With Your Family of Origin (p. 72)
• By Way of Review (p. 84)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 85)
• InfoTrac College Edition Resources (p. 86)
• Chapter 4 Understanding Life Transitions (p. 87)
• Focus Questions (p. 88)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 89)
• Focus on Your Life Transitions (p. 89)
• A Theoretical Basis for Understanding Life Stages (p. 90)
• Infancy (p. 91)
• Early Childhood (p. 92)
• Preschool (p. 93)
• Middle Childhood (p. 95)
• Adolescence (p. 96)
• Early Adulthood (p. 98)
• Middle Adulthood (p. 100)
• Late Middle Age (p. 102)
• Late Adulthood (p. 104)
• By Way of Review (p. 106)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 106)
• InfoTrac College Edition Resources (p. 107)
• Chapter 5 Stages in the Helping Process (p. 108)
• Focus Questions (p. 109)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 110)
• Orientations to Helping (p. 110)
• Choosing a Theoretical Orientation (p. 114)
• The Stages of Helping (p. 117)
• By Way of Review (p. 136)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 137)
• Info Trac College Edition Resources (p. 138)
• Chapter 6 Common Concerns of Beginning Helpers (p. 139)
• Focus Questions (p. 140)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 141)
• Exploring Self-Doubts and Fears (p. 141)
• Transference and Countertransference (p. 142)
• Dealing With Difficult Clients (p. 151)
• By Way of Review (p. 163)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 163)
• InfoTrac College Edition Resources (p. 164)
• Chapter 7 Values and the Helping Relationship (p. 165)
• Focus Questions (p. 166)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 167)
• The Role of Values in Helping (p. 167)
• Exposing Values Versus Imposing Them (p. 169)
• Value Conflicts With Clients (p. 171)
• By Way of Review (p. 185)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 185)
• InfoTrac College Edition Resources (p. 187)
• Chapter 8 Cultural Diversity in the Helping Professions (p. 189)
• Focus Questions (p. 190)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 191)
• Self-Assessment: Cultural Diversity and Gender Equity (p. 192)
• A Multicultural Perspective on Helping (p. 192)
• Overcoming Cultural Tunnel Vision (p. 197)
• Effective Multicultural Helpers (p. 204)
• By Way of Review (p. 211)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 212)
• InfoTrac College Edition Resources (p. 213)
• Chapter 9 Ethical and Legal Issues Facing Helpers (p. 214)
• Focus Questions (p. 215)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 216)
• Inventory of Ethical Issues (p. 216)
• Ethical Decision Making (p. 217)
• Recognizing Competence and Learning to Refer (p. 226)
• Informed Consent (p. 229)
• Confidentiality and Privacy (p. 231)
• Ethical Issues in a Managed Care Environment (p. 239)
• Malpractice in the Helping Professions (p. 243)
• A Word of Caution (p. 246)
• By Way of Review (p. 247)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 248)
• InfoTrac College Edition Resources (p. 251)
• Chapter 10 Managing Boundary Issues (p. 252)
• Focus Questions (p. 253)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 254)
• Self-Inventory on Managing Boundaries (p. 254)
• Establishing Personal and Professional Boundaries (p. 255)
• Combining Professional and Personal Relationships (p. 261)
• Dealing With Sexual Attractions (p. 266)
• Sexual Relationships With Current Clients (p. 270)
• Sexual Relationships With Former Clients (p. 271)
• Dual Relationships With Supervisors or Teachers (p. 273)
• By Way of Review (p. 274)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 275)
• InfoTrac College Edition Resources (p. 276)
• Chapter 11 Working in the Community (p. 278)
• Focus Questions (p. 279)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 280)
• The Scope of the Community Approach (p. 281)
• Multiple Roles of Community Workers (p. 281)
• The Community Approach to Helping (p. 285)
• Crisis Intervention in the Community (p. 293)
• By Way of Review (p. 297)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 298)
• InfoTrac College Edition Resources (p. 299)
• Chapter 12 Understanding Special Populations (p. 300)
• Focus Questions (p. 301)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 302)
• AIDS: A Contemporary Crisis (p. 302)
• Understanding People With Disabilities (p. 310)
• Understanding the Special Needs of the Elderly (p. 314)
• How to Work With Other Special Populations (p. 318)
• By Way of Review (p. 319)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 319)
• InfoTrac College Edition Resources (p. 321)
• Chapter 13 Working With Groups and Families (p. 322)
• Focus Questions (p. 323)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 324)
• Group Work as the Treatment of Choice (p. 324)
• The Value of Group Work (p. 325)
• The Ethical and Professional Group Leader (p. 330)
• Developing Skills as a Group Leader (p. 332)
• Groups for Various Populations (p. 333)
• Working With Co-Leaders (p. 335)
• Working With Families (p. 336)
• By Way of Review (p. 340)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 341)
• InfoTrac College Edition Resources (p. 342)
• Chapter 14 Stress and Burnout (p. 343)
• Focus Questions (p. 344)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 345)
• Sources of Stress for Helpers (p. 346)
• Stress in an Agency Environment (p. 347)
• Understanding Stress and Burnout (p. 353)
• The Experience of Burnout (p. 358)
• The Impaired Professional (p. 359)
• By Way of Review (p. 361)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 362)
• InfoTrac College Edition Resources (p. 363)
• Chapter 15 Take Care of Yourself (p. 364)
• Focus Questions (p. 365)
• Aim of the Chapter (p. 366)
• Cognitive Approaches to Stress Management (p. 366)
• Time Management as a Strategy for Coping With Stress (p. 372)
• Monitor Yourself to Prevent Burnout (p. 375)
• By Way of Review (p. 381)
• What Will You Do Now? (p. 382)
• Concluding Comments (p. 383)
• InfoTrac College Edition Resources (p. 384)
• References and Reading List (p. 385)
• Name Index (p. 397)
• Subject Index (p. 401)