The skilled helper : a problem-management and opportunity-development approach to helping / Gerard Egan and Robert J. Reese.
By: Egan, Gerard [author].
Contributor(s): Reese, Robert J [author].
Material type: BookPublisher: Boston, MA : Cengage, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: Eleventh edition.Description: xvi, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781305865716 (hardback).Subject(s): Counseling psychology | Counseling | Helping behaviorDDC classification: 158.3Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 158.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | MTU Cork Module PSYC7008 - core reading, MTU Cork Module COUN6011 - Supplementary reading, MTU Cork Module COUN6012 - Supplementary reading, MTU Cork Module COUN6013 - Supplementary reading, MTU Cork Module COUN6014 - Supplementary reading. | 08/02/2024 | 00219096 | |
e-BOOK | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 158.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | CIT Module COUN 6003 - Core reading, CIT Module COUN 6004 - Core reading. | 00214181 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
THE SKILLED HELPER has taught thousands of students a proven, step-by-step counseling process that leads to increased confidence and competence. Internationally recognized for its successful approach to effective helping, the text emphasizes the collaborative nature of the therapist-client relationship and uses a practical, three-stage framework that drives client problem-managing and opportunity-developing action. This eleventh edition emphasizes the "power of basics," like decision-making skills, which are the key ingredients of successful therapy. You'll also gain a feeling for the complexity inherent in any helping relationship--but don't let that reality intimidate you. The authors show you how to adopt a helping process to the needs of your clients. You'll learn not just what you need to know and understand--but also what you need to DO to be an effective helper.
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.
MTU CORK Module COUN 6011 - Supplementary reading.
MTU CORK Module COUN 6012 - Supplementary reading.
MTU CORK Module COUN 6013 - Supplementary reading
MTU CORK Module COUN 6014 - Supplementary reading.
MTU CORK Module PSYC 7008 - Core reading.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface and Guide to the 11th Edition (p. vii)
- A Chapter-by-Chapter Guide to the 11th Edition (p. xiii)
- Part I The Power of Basics (p. 1)
- Chapter 1 The Power of Basics: Explore the Ingredients of Successful Helping (p. 3)
- Review the Roles of Both Formal and Informal Helpers (p. 4)
- Appreciate the Power of Basics (p. 5)
- Become Competent in the Key Ingredients of Successful Helping (p. 5)
- Move from Smart to Wise by Managing the Shadow Side of Helping (p. 40)
- Embrace Uncertainty (p. 42)
- Chapter 2 Review the Problem-Management and Opportunity-Development Process (p. 43)
- Review the Stages of Problem Management and Opportunity Development (p. 44)
- Be Flexible in the Use of the Problem-Management Process (p. 50)
- Learn from Different Versions of the Basic Problem-Management Process (p. 52)
- Help Clients Determine if They Are Ready for Change (p. 55)
- Use the Problem-Management Framework as "BROWSER" (p. 58)
- Use N = 1 to Continually Evaluate the Helping Process (p. 59)
- Deal with the Shadow Side of Helping Models (p. 60)
- Chapter 3 Commit Yourself to the Helping Relationship and the Values That Drive It (p. 65)
- Understand What Makes Helping Relationships Work (p. 66)
- Determine the Key Values That Drive the Working Alliance (p. 73)
- Prize Respect as the Foundation Value (p. 75)
- Make Empathy the Primary Orientation Value (p. 77)
- Develop a Proactive Appreciation of Diversity as a Sense-of-the-World Value (p. 80)
- Develop a Bias toward Action as an Outcome-Focused Value (p. 85)
- Influence Clients to Embrace Self-Responsibility (p. 91)
- Part II The Therapeutic Dialogue: Master Communication and Relationship-Building Skills (p. 95)
- Chapter 4 Therapeutic Presence: Tune In to Clients and Listen Carefully (p. 97)
- Become Competent in the Communication Skills Needed in Helping (p. 98)
- Make Dialogue Second Nature to Your Interactions with Clients (p. 99)
- Demonstrate Empathic Presence by Visibly Tuning In to Clients (p. 100)
- Make Active Listening the Foundation of Understanding (p. 106)
- Listen to the Key Ingredients of Successful Therapy (p. 123)
- Identify and Deal with All Forms of Distorted Listening (p. 125)
- Chapter 5 Empathic Responding: Work at Mutual Understanding (p. 129)
- Understand the Importance of Responding Skills in Developing Relationships with Clients (p. 130)
- Become Adept in the Three Dimensions of All Responding Skills: Perceptiveness, Know-How, and Assertiveness (p. 134)
- Become Competent in the Know-How of Communicating Empathy (p. 137)
- Use Empathy Wisely to Achieve a Number of Therapeutic Goals (p. 149)
- Review the Case of Alex, the Client, and Doug, the Helper (p. 151)
- Explore the Shadow Side of Responding (p. 154)
- Some Final Words (p. 157)
- Chapter 6 Master the Art of Probing and Summarizing (p. 159)
- Develop an Appreciation of the Power of Nudging (p. 160)
- Become Competent in Various Types of Effective Probing (p. 161)
- Provide Focus and Direction by Using Summaries (p. 177)
- Come to Grips with the Shadow Side of Communication Skills (p. 183)
- Chapter 7 Help Clients Challenge Themselves: From New Perspectives to New Behavior (p. 187)
- Understand the Basic Concept of Self-Challenge (p. 188)
- Invite Clients to Challenge Their Blind Spots (p. 200)
- Develop Specific Skills for Helping Clients Challenge Their Blind Spots (p. 204)
- Follow Guidelines for Effective Invitations to Self-Challenge (p. 220)
- Avoid Shadow-Side Blocks to Challenge (p. 226)
- Part III The Stages and Tasks of the Problem-Management and Opportunity-Development Model (p. 229)
- The CAVEAT, Once More (p. 230)
- Chapter 8 The Action Arrow: Right from the Beginning Help Clients Turn Talk into Life-Enhancing Action (p. 231)
- Understand the Importance of the Action Arrow (p. 232)
- Find Ways of Helping Clients Move to Life-Enhancing Action (p. 234)
- Understand How Reluctance and Resistance Are Obstacles to Action (p. 251)
- Use Guidelines for Helping Clients Deal with Reluctance and Resistance (p. 257)
- Help Clients Tap into Their Resilience, the Ability to Bounce Back and Grow (p. 261)
- Help Clients Get Along without a Helper (p. 267)
- Remember that Some Clients Choose Not to Change (p. 268)
- Chapter 9 The Three Tasks of Stage I: Help Clients Tell the Story, the Real Story, and the Right Story (p. 269)
- Prepare Yourself for Doing the Work of Stages I, II, and III (p. 270)
- Task A: Learn Ways of Helping Clients Tell Their Stories (p. 273)
- I-B: Use Self-Challenge to Help Clients Tell the Real Story (p. 288)
- I-C: Help Clients Focus on the Right Story (p. 293)
- Start Early with Links to Action (p. 304)
- Chapter 10 Stage II: Help Clients Design and Set Problem-Managing Goals (p. 305)
- Help Clients Determine What Kind of Change They Need or Want (p. 306)
- Master the Art of Setting and Accomplishing Goals (p. 309)
- II-A: Help Clients Discover Possibilities for a Better Future (p. 315)
- II-B: Use Flexible Guidelines to Help Clients Set Goals (p. 324)
- II-C: Help Clients Commit Themselves to Their Goals (p. 335)
- See the Three Tasks of Stage II as Triggers for Action (p. 339)
- Explore the Shadow Side of Goal Setting (p. 340)
- Chapter 11 Stage III: Planning-Help Clients Design the Way Forward (p. 343)
- Review the Three Tasks of Stage III (p. 344)
- Review a Hospital Case That Highlights the Need for Stage-III Skills (p. 346)
- III-A: Help Clients Develop Strategies for Accomplishing Their Goals (p. 346)
- III-B: Help Clients Choose Best-Fit Problem-Managing Strategies (p. 355)
- III-C: Help Clients Turn Strategies into Viable Plans (p. 362)
- Humanize the Mechanics of Problem Management and Opportunity Development (p. 369)
- Come to Terms with the Explosion of Evidence-Based Treatments (p. 373)
- One Final Reminder (p. 382)
- References (p. 383)
- Name Index (p. 409)
- Subject Index (p. 421)